Vernal Express | 1981-05-21 | Page 31 | Park Activities to Open Season Memorial Day

Park activities to open season Memorial Day Memorial Day weekend will usher in a new season of visitor interpretive activities at the Dinosaur National Monument. So announced park superintendent, Joe L. Kennedy today. Weekend visitors will have the opportunity op-portunity to hear rangers talk about the world-famous quarry, describing how the fossil deposit was created and explaining the on-going work inside the visitor's center-museums. According to park officials, there will also be campfire programs at 9 p.m. at Split Mountain Campground on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. These programs will cover subjects from Peregrine falcons to the settlement history of the park's canyon lands. The quarry's visitor's center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. over the holidays, and the free shuttle bus will be running to transport visitors from the contact station to the quarry. Park headquarters will be opened from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.