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Show Dinosaur travel for May same as last year Travel to Dinosaur National Monument during the month of May amounted to 36,500 persons. According to Superintendent Joe Kennedy, this figure shows no change from the same period in 1979. "Travel for the first five months is a modest 2 percent above last year," said Kennedy. According to the May records, 6,825 persons camped in the major drive-in campgrounds and another 5,864 campers stayed on the river while on float trips on the Yampa and Green Rivers. , All visitors are reminded that the Quarry Visitor Center is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily while the Headquarters Office is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. "Arriving visitors will find a great variety of activities going on throughout the day; copies of the current schedule are posted at all major-use areas in the part," concluded con-cluded Kennedy. |