We all dug for fossils and could even keep up to three.
We hiked down a wooded trail where at any turn we could come face to face with terrible lizards bigger than the bus they rode in on.
And finally we wound our way back to the themed playground with dinosaurs of a more manageable size.
The only way I could get them in the same frame was to set up the shot and be patient. I know what a wildlife photographer feels like. Gus is nothing but go go go, while Brenna likes to mix in a little make-believe coffee shop.
Next stop was right up the road at The Dinosaur Vally State Park. This is where, back in the 1940's, scientists found excellently preserved fossilized foot prints of sauropods, like a brachiosaurus, seemingly being chased by theropods, like the T-Rex. The evidence inspired a pretty revolutionary hypothesis that these cold blooded predators were very fast and hunted in packs. To get to these ancient tracks one has to cross a river. We had no idea we were going to be swimming. So in we go, fully clothed.
Nobody had a better time than Garrett. This was his first opportunity to be in cold, rushing river water and play in gritty, sticky mud and he clearly fits right in with this family.
How incredible to think he is placing his tiny hand in an impression left by a baby 'long neck', an adorable Littlefoot? In the exact same place, but separated by one hundred and thirteen million years.
It was a really fun trip, at least for this family of Dorkosauruses.
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