Friday, October 9, 2009

Fossil Hunting

Last Saturday we went fossil hunting at Calvert Cliffs State Park in Maryland. According to the website, over 600 species of fossils have been identified, with shark teeth being the most often found. The drive was under two hours and after parking we had a nice 1.8 mi hike to the shore of the Chesapeake Bay. New body of water!

Here's Geek Girl leading the way with her trusty shovel.


Okay, where are the shark teeth?


Maybe I'll just get down and dig a little.


Never mind. I'm sitting and making mud pies. That's why mom and dad packed extra clothes for me, right?


We had a nice time listening to the waves and avoiding getting covered with sand by zealous digging daughter.

On the walk back, we came across this cool frog.


From the beach we could see a lighthouse to the south so we went searching for it. We didn't find it (turns out if we had kept going on our last road we would have found it) but we did find a nice big playground to climb and play hide-and-seek.

On our way home we stopped at Good Stuff Eatery for burgers and milkshakes. Pumpkin and a Milky Way/Malt one were both yummy, but I think in the future we should just share one milkshake. The burgers were good and they had interesting flavored mayonnaises such as Old Bay, chipotle, Sri Racha, and mango. Afterwards we took a stroll around the Capitol building and then headed for home.

Okay now I'm caught up. Tomorrow is fire station open house and farm day and Sunday will be dim sum and/or apple picking. And Monday is Columbus Day -- which is a holiday for everyone in the Geek household!

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