Dinosaur blog

The other day Pearl told us something quite random. Which isn't too far fetched for her funny sense of humor. She said she was going to make a dinosaur blog.

We laughed.

Then I felt a tinge of guilt for apparently blogging or at least talking about blogging all the time. Why else would she say that? When we asked Pearl what a blog was, she said she didn't knew. Her and Jeff then proceeded to discuss how they would make the coolest dinosaur blog ever. Best friends cool. With pictures of cool stuff like dinosaur bones on it. And that it would be cooler than mom's blog. Pearl liked that.

Well, it's only fitting then that I post some of the pictures from our quick, and I mean super quick, visit to the Cleveland Loyd Dinosaur Quarry. It happened to be the single thing we promised Pearl we'd go see on our weekend trip to Orangeville. But as family reunions go, we sat around too long before setting off for the quarry. With only an hour to spare before closing, we left the ranch and headed for Cleveland, Utah. Not one of my finer parenting decisions I've made.

Jeff drove like a madman through 15 miles of rough roads through the middle of nowhere to try and get to teh quarry before it closed. We had maybe ten minutes to spare. The girls working there were nice enough to let us in for free and walk around the visitor center.
Isn't this guy freaky looking?
Stegosaurus. I wonder if this is how they found the actual bones... I'm thinking it is but we didn't have enough time to read anything in the lobby.
Cole didn't seem to mind the quick trip. He was happy to get out of the car for a few minutes. And I'm sure he thought these had to be giant dogs or something like that.
Pearl was pretty disappointed with the lack of dinosaurs. I'm not sure if she thought we'd see real, live dinosaurs or just have more time to go exploring. I felt really bad about my lack of time management, especially once I heard that my siblings and neice had turned around and skipped the quarry all together. To try and make it up to Pearl, I grabbed all the free pamphlets I could find and told her they were little books about dinosaurs.

At least next year we will know to leave at least a half day to explore the quarry.

Proof of my epic fail moment. Pearl grouchy and tired from getting woke up from her nap for 15 minutes. Jeff happily posing for yet another documented family adventure. Cole distracted and wondering where the snacks are. And me, fake smiling.