Fossils in Drumheller - by Steph

T-Rex
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Today we met Albertasaurus at the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller AB. This place is definitely worth the drive in the boonies. I first read about this dinosaur bone capital of the world in none other than Readers Digest – that’s right, Canada’s best-selling, most trusted and most read magazine. It was just amazing to see full skeletons of the Albertasaurus, T-rex and other dino’s that I can’t remember their names. They had found foot and skin imprints, fossils of eggs and embryos and even dino brains.

Albertasaurus
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We spent a good three hours learning about each period in time, the ice ages and the evolution of species. They even had a glassed area where you can watch workers tediously scrap away sediment from the found fossils.

Don’t mean to insult your cuisine, but it’s very American” says Steph to Park Ranger regarding breakfast in Banff

After our museum tour, we took a self guided tour through the badlands and discovered how they were created. It was by far one of the hottest days and we abandoned our hike as soon as we had the chance… which was fine with me because I didn’t find any fossils of interest… or any fossils at all.

Hiking in the Alberta Badlands
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To Banff we drive, picked up some booze and have our first campfire in 2 weeks followed by some scrumptious smores!