The Real Bones

With reccomendation from Glen and Ardyce, we went to Dinosaur Provincial Park to learn all there is to know about dinosaurs in Alberta, Canada. We walked the trails, and did the loop by car. Saw some pretty neat stuff.

These are the hoodoos formed by harder rock on top of softer sandstone. They are very different from the ones we saw in Utah. These are quite a bit shorter, and more mushroom or table shaped.

While walking the trails, we came to this sign. Where is a red pen when you need one? The park was great, but they lose 5 points for spelling!

The next day, we headed to the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller. We noticed a sign that said "Suspension Bridge" so we checked it out. Seriously! It goes over the Red Deer River, and was used by the coal miners to get to the mine. We walked acrossed and back. Very eerie! There was a bit of a breeze, but fortunately not windy. And, would you believe it, it was free. Not in New York!

We stopped in town at the visitor's center for maps, and saw the "Biggest Dinosaur in the World" You can climb up to the mouth inside it. (Not free)

The Royal Tyrrell Museum was great. A dinosaur lover's dream. Any kid would love it. (Ben?)

There were dinosaurs and fossils, and examples of research. Very well layed out. It turns out that the badlands are really very rich in fossils and dinosaur remains. They recently were able to display the biggest sea dinosaur.

This is a view of where they are extracting the fossils from the casing of plaster that they put them in when they find them in digs.

We continued on around the Dinosaur

Trail, and came to Horse Thief Canyon. You can really see the different layers of sandstone and mudstone here.

We left Drumheller this morning, and drove through Calgary and are in the Canadian Rockies, in a little town called Canmore. More about that in another episode. Finding internet access is a challenge. The campgrounds often have it, sometimes very weak and slow. We figured we would go to a McDonald's. Nope. Starbucks, closed. So, believe it or not,,,,, we are sitting in a Safeway Grocery Store. Well, in their cafe area, not in the frozen food!

Jim and Sue