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The final day of our Jurassic Expedition. Before heading to the airport for our flight home, we visited the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This amazing museum has three floors of exhibits, including dinosaurs and fossils, rocks and minerals, … Continue reading →

We had a great day today. We began the morning in Florissant excavating insect and leaf fossils from the Florissant Fossil Quarry. Many of the insects were very small, so we used our magnifying glasses.     We stopped at … Continue reading →

Its hard to believe our trip is nearly at an end. We spent all morning in the fish fossil quarry in Kemmerer. This afternoon was travel time, from Kemmerer, Wyoming to Denver Colorado.    At Warfield Quarry, we excavated fossils … Continue reading →

Today we concluded our dig in the FS Quarry. We had many things going on in order to wrap things up. Malcolm Bedell, the paleontologist we worked with, told us that we all did a great job, and were helpful … Continue reading →

We traveled from Cody to Yellowstone National Park. After entering the park, we first headed from Fishing Bridge to West Thumb. We rode by Yellowstone Lake, where the elevation is 7,733 ft. We stopped at West Thumb Geyser Basin where … Continue reading →

We returned to the FS Quarry early this morning to continue excavating. We had an exciting day in the quarry! Everyone continued excavating the work areas we selected yesterday. Bruce and Callie dug a large trench around a block cast containing … Continue reading →

We had great news to start off the morning – Bunker is a grandpa again! Welcome BabyIsabella! We began our Jurassic morning with a tour of the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, led by paleontologist Malcolm Bedell. Malcolm has been overseeing the excavation of … Continue reading →

We arrived in Denver around 9 am this morning. After picking up our luggage, we headed out on our journey from Colorado to Wyoming. Our first stop was the Bone Cabin at Como Bluff. We learned about the Bone Wars … Continue reading →

We are beginning to make preparations for our summer trip.  We are all excited at the prospect of being involved in a real dinosaur dig this summer.