We needed some fun activity to share with the girls, and if there is anything that holds the attention of most children, it dinosaurs. We were off to see the dinosaurs.
About 17 miles west of Colorado Springs, in the middle of Woodland Park, there is a dinosaur museum. In front of the museum are plastic palm trees that are green all year around. Inside the museum are the skeletons of prehistoric creatures (or plaster replicas of them).
By the end of the tour, Chloe's feet were tired and it was easier to have someone carry her. She was impatient with that too because there was a lot to see and papa was too slow to suit her.
Here are Brenda, Chloe and Grandma in front of a different kind of dinosaur. These seem so much friendlier. It's always fun to see the world from a child's point of view.
We had a trip up to this museum about a year ago. Sadly, I don't have any photos of that trip. I do have a vivid image in my mind of the Dixon kids. As we headed up the pass, it was snowing and grandma was feeling a bit nervous. She asked the kids to be quiet so she could drive. As she looked in the rear view mirror, there was Ashliegh with her arms and legs crossed in disgust. She later told her mom, "Mom, Grandma and Papa are getting old. They wouldn't even let us breathe!"
5 comments:
Dinosaurs are interesting. There is a place here in St George where they discovered many tracks. They must have been in mud, because there are many of them, and they are very plain. They have built a building to display many of them. They seem to be in more areas too. Maybe someday some of the family will come here to see them.
Bonnie took Betty and I to see the tracks when we were visiting a couple of years ago. At that time, there was just a tin shelter over them.
Now it has a beautiful building and it costs to get in.
Next time we come to visit, you'll have to go with us to visit it.
It's amazing to me that people will take just about anything as an opportunity to make money.
I have never been there either.
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