For Mark’s 35th Birthday, he wanted to drive over to Fossil Butte National Monument. It was SO interesting!
They coined it “America’s Aquarium in Stone” and it did not disappoint! Some of the best preserved fossils in the world can be found there and they were incredible. The visitor’s center was a blast and they even had some rubbings for the kids to do and they had fun with that.
We then went and did a nature trail with the kidlets. Jacob led our expedition, Sarah only fell once resulting in blood {trust me, this is an accomplishment – she is not the most graceful little thing and is quite clumsy} and Benjamin slept most of the time.
The neat thing was that this trail takes you up to the spot where they are currently excavating fossils. This was cool to be able to see it all happening in action.
After our hike, we had a picnic lunch at one of the pavilions at the trailhead. Then we headed up on a drive up to the butte to get a more scenic look. It was amazing to think it all used to be a giant subtropical lake!
