We visited the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre last Saturday. It had been planned to spend the day at Grand Beach with friends, but the forecast was for cold and rainy weather. I had a great time anyway which is good since it was my birthday.
We learned alot about the marine reptiles (not dinosaurs) that lived in Lake Agassiz and we met Bruce, the largest mosasaur remains discovered. The museum is very proud of Bruce and happy to have him housed inside a real museum instead of the old figure skating rink.
It takes about an hour and a half to make your way through the exhibits, after we checked out the grounds of the Morden Research Station. The kids burnt off some energy with the boys…
and the ladies checked out the roses.
We had supper at J&S’s complete with chocolate chocolate birthday cake. Thanks guys! L has been all talk of dinosaurs again. Today was his meet the teacher for school. He was supposed to draw a self-portrait for the first page of his portfolio he wanted to draw a dinosaur. Finally Lowell talked him into drawing himself beside the T-rex. When we got home he decided to draw more dinosaurs like he wanted to at school.
The Ichthyosaurs and the Elasmosaurs fighting over food.
Paleontologists believe that the Ichthyosaurs gave birth to live young, so here is Mama ichthyosaurs and her young.