Dinosaurs!

Today we headed to Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, to visit the Royal Tyrrell Museum, which has more dinosaur skeletons than any other museum—38—and boasts lots of holotypes, the first instance of a species.

As we left the Calgary area, the landscape was pure prairie, with lots of canola and wheat fields as far as the eye could see, but just before we got to Drumheller, we drove down a steep grade into the Red Deer Valley, part of the Canadian Badlands. The landscape changed dramatically, and we were surrounded by large mounds with exposed sandstone layers.

We're planning to spend tomorrow at the museum, but we went over after a late lunch to check things out. An interesting temporary exhibit features Darwin and evolution.

I signed up for a couple of outdoors activities tomorrow, so I'll get to hike out into the Badlands. Ken is more interested in the indoor events and exhibits.

When we returned to the Hoodoo RV Resort and Campground where we are staying, an informal happy hour was in progress at the Evans' site, and of course we joined in.

When we parked our rig, we spotted another Excel two sites over, a 2008/09 model 35TKE Limited, which looked gleaming new. We chatted with the owners, a couple from Airdrie, a small town just north of Calgary. They were in Drumheller just for the weekend.