Today was a rest day in Drumheller Alberta. The key attractions of the day (I did laundry when I got into camp last night) were a big breakfast at a loc al restaurant, a visit to downtown Drumheller, a trip to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, and a steak and ribs dinner at a local bar.
By far the most interesting spot was the museum – this area of Alberta is world famous for both the number and the variety of relatively intact dinosaur fossils found in the canyon walls. The museum was 3 miles from our campsite and we ended up riding over 20 on our “off” day. We spent a few hours in the museum, and it was sensory overload – both massive and tiny skeletons on display of all types of dinosaur fossils. You could probably spend a week in the museum and not see everything – apparently the displays are composed of 60% - 70% actual fossil and the remainder plaster castings, as either there are pieces missing or too heavy (as in the skulls) for display.
Posted July 15th from Regina SK (We finally have network access again!)
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