Monday, May 19, 2008

Dinosaur Valley Adventure Pt.1

So today we took a trip to the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose. we had planned on going to the Creation Evidence Museum as well, but sadly-it's closed on Mondays :( But we had a great time hiking through the trails to find the dino tracks and picnicing and playing in the river- it was GREAT!!


The boys HAD to pose with the T-Rex!







Uncle Jason and Coleson examining the "brontosaurus"





Did you know that the "brontosaurus" isnt a real dinosaur? Back around 1820 there were these two excavators who were competing to try to discover the most new dinosaurs, they would even sabotage each other, blowing up their dig sites and stuff. Anyways, one guys got a little over eager ( or decietful, whatever- potato po-tah-to) and stuck the head of a different dinosaur on a skeleton he had already discovered and called it a new dino... tricky, tricky!

Mikey and I hangin' with the big dude


Me and all the little guys!


Coleson did not like this whole eat-sandwich-before-grapes-and-jello thing :)


Yup- love a good picnic!


After we ate the boys played on a playground set complete with plaster cliffs to climb





Ahhhhh- help me I'm falling......


The first dino track we found ( at site 1) we had to hike a good ways down but it was SO fun!
it's too bad we didnt realize until later how great the river felt, this would have been a great place for wading.


Another one, a litle hard to see





It was so beautiful, there were a few people swimming, i wish we had known how great it was!





Hiking back to find another track site












Here we came to a beautiful place to cross the river. i would have been to chicken to cross, but Jay wanted us to go for it!


Surveying the river


Yup- we're good to go- let's cross~


1 comment:

ConnieJ said...

I love the picture where your standing with the three little boys! Click on the picture so it enlarges and look at the face of the littlest guy. Oh my gosh I laughed!!!! Kids are so awesome!! I swear God created them to always remind us of His purity and of His sense of humor.

Blessings,
ConnieJ