On the second day in the Black Hills, we went to the Mammoth Site. I had signed Arabella up for the Junior Paleontologist Dig program online. She was so excited to dig! First we went on the tour of Mammoth, which was really interesting. Then later, she got to go be a junior paleontologist! She had so much fun! I would totally recommend this to everyone heading to the Black Hills - it was so worth it! |
| Wearing her Junior Paleontologist Outfit (picked specifically for this occasion by my little clothes diva) |
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| Some mammoth bones in the dig site - No female mammoth bones have been found here... females aren't stupid enough to fall into a sink hole and get stuck | ! |
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| One of the oldest mammoth skeletons ever found in the dig site... this one was 48 years old |
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| Before their dig, the tour guides passed around a mammoth toe bone for the kids to feel |
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| Arabella Ann Leighton - Junior Paleontologist |
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| Of all the bones in the dig site, Arabella got the largest... thankfully these boys (who found much smaller bones) offered to help AB dig up her Mammoth Tusk. |
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| Bella knew after digging up about 5 inches of her bone that it was a mammoth tusk, but the dig leaders made her keep going to see how big it was. It was about twice the size of Arabella! |
Oh. My. Goodness. B is getting so big! She is starting to look more and more like a grown up!
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