Wednesday, June 26, 2013
John Day Fossil Beds
Road trip!
For Memorial Day we headed to central Oregon to the John Day Fossil Beds.
We stayed in Dayville, OR, in an apartment behind the Post office. This quaint, small town had a tree that was 23 1/2 feet around nada great little park across from the post office that the kids loved.
We went to Fossil, OR and got to dig for fossils! Behind the high school in Fossill, they provide tools and buckets. Bridger and Jim were especially good at finding fossils of leaves, roots, vines and ferns.
We also did quite a bit of hiking around the John Day Fossil Beds. There are different areas where you can go hike around the places larger fossils have been found and view rocky layers that date back millions if years.
Kids are watching an archeologist use her tools to uncover a fossil.
Painter Sands
The kids loved chasing the three cats that lived under the post office, too. After all our fun with the fossils, I think this is what they remember the most.
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2 comments:
What a cool place! We will have to check it out! I love reading your blog and getting ideas of fun things to do with my family! :) You are such a fun mom! You take your kids on so many cool adventures!
Hey, that place is on our list! My kids are obsessed with rocks, so there is also a rock digging place I want to go to. What great pictures and great fun. You guys are awesome at adventures with your kids! I will have to talk to you about more details.
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