Vernal...

So I'm pretty sure everyone knows we have ummm... plentiful dinosaurs in Vernal. We have our claim to fame, the T-Rex that MTV's Road Rules painted the toenails of some years ago. This particular dinosaur changes outfits during the year. This is a new thing, however. Or relatively. He never had "costumes" when we lived here before, but when we came back from our six years in Provo, he had... evolved. He is a cupid, and Easter bunny, Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat (for some reason) and right now he is fishing. (The floppy hat and the fishing pole dangling a fish.) It's our pride and joy. Okay, not really. Those of us who grew up here and remember the times before he was dressed up, feel it is an abomination to the original dinosaur. Somehow he is just that much more embaressing than before.


Anyway, the point of this blog, and I got sidetracked, is there is another infamous dinosaur farther downtown. She is pink. And her name is Dinah. (I will try and post pictures of these notorious monsters because if you haven't seen them, you have no idea how glorious they are.) Anyway, Dinah was made in the 50s, and when she was new, her eyes moved. Vernal has recently spent some thousand dollars in restoring her to her original beauty. She is looking good. And... her eyes move. Come on, now. Who else is creeped out by that?? The one good thing is, anytime some unexplained thing goes wrong in town, we can probably blame it on the dinosaur..... Shifty Eyes, you know. :)