Look out!

So we finally took a day trip to visit the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller on the weekend. We had planned to camp the night before but because we were unsure of the weather we decided just to drive up the morning of. Not too bad of a drive and we made it in good time but that I blame on my husbands driving. It has been many years since my last visit and they had recently undergone some major renovations so we decided it was time. Of course this trip was mainly for Rawley considering he loves his dinosaurs. We met up with my brother and sister in law and their family and headed in.

This is the first display that you see. Complete with sound effects. Rawley's face was priceless the first time he heard the dinosaurs roar. I only wish I had a picture of that!



Emmy of course was terrified in the beginning. Every time she got close to anything she would get upset.

Just look at the expression on her face!


By the end she had gotten used to the idea, but then again the exhibits had also changed. They no longer looked like the real thing just a skeleton, and apparently that didn't bother her.





They all measured themselves against this.





The older kids signed up to make a plaster cast of a fossil and learned quite a bit about them.
Hadley's was a turtle.


Rawley's was a fish skeleton.


We also found this wall where they all struck a nice pose Austin Power's style in my opinion!


Can you make them all out?

We climbed about a million steps to the look out outside of the museum. Probably not the best decision on my part but we made it! Here is a picture with some of Horseshoe canyon in the background. I know the belly is huge, seriously I only have 7 more weeks but still!


Our final stop in Drumheller was to the Suspension Bridge.



Apparently it is something else to do and since it took only a few minutes it was cool to see. Emmy missed out this time considering after our full day at the museum she crashed almost as soon as she got into the car. It ended up being a fun day and we still got home in time for baths before bed.