A late birthday adventure (well, he knew about it *on* his birthday, but didn't know what the adventure was) took place at Dinosaur Park in Maryland last weekend. It's an old brick factory that is now an industrial park where they've set aside some land for research because there be DINOSAURS!
It's still really new and they're figuring out how to best manage the site, but totally awesome and worth visiting if you have any interest in the wonderful world of dinosaurs!
You can actually explore for your own fossils here, but before you begin, they do a short orientation to let you know what you're looking for. Here's Jim, with a dinosaur bone IN HIS HAND (!)
Jim happily overlooking the fossil bed...
And ecstatically finding 110 million year old plants! (Which were everywhere. As common as dirt).
Here's Stephanie in her best dinosaur bone searching pose (note the closed eyes)...
But she's still the one who found the fossil that they kept to send to the Smithsonian! Behold the imprint of a long pine cone (apparently this is rare).
Still, though, it was a great day, it's an awesome place to visit, and was lots of fun!
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