We had quite the lovely adventure searching for fossils this weekend. Boys are watching Destination Truth as I document our findings. They are in a very questful mood!
Above: Not sure what this is a fossil of but it reminds me (and hubby) of those candy buttons that came on a strip of paper and were all different colors.
A rather nice example of a trilobite. Oldest son found this on our second day.
In the photo above I think it may be a coral fossil. It’s cute as a button in the center of the photo. The photo below has a nice example of a brachiopod toward the right. I believe below that in the stone, toward the center, may be part of a crinoid fossil.
Younger son found this partial trilobite (above, upper right of stone). The depth of it is neat, compared to the depth of older son’s find.
I believe the fossil above (toward the upper center of the stone) and below (upper right of stone) are bryozoans. They are fan-like and, in my opinion, very delicate looking. Very gentle. In the bottom photo, there also seems to be a fossil of a brchiopod. Look to the left of the bryozoan. It looks like a little seashell.
It was exciting for me as I always wished I could be a paleontologist when I was younger. I did not force this interest in either of my sons, but when they discovered dinosaurs and fossils, I certainly supported it. They both had fun in the dust this weekend, looking at stones from pre-history. Both handled the spiders really well too. Hubby did too. One photo that will have to wait to be posted till next year since I didn’t take one with my camera is the one in my mind’s eye. As I walked through some of the trails today, I noticed the amazing amount of quiet. I also noticed the beautiful layer of ferns growing in this wooded area. It transported me back. You could feel the sense of history, the millions of years of existence, ever-changing with the times. Another moment of my own destination truth.
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