Re[1] Drumheller museum...

[dexter dexter <dexter1647@caramail.com>]

> Hi Thomas,
> 
> If you want to take in all the exhibits on display in the museum galleries
> at the Tyrrell and not be rushed, plan between 4 - 8 hours. In the immediate
> vicinity surrounding the museum, where there are walking paths, there have
> been several dinosaurs excavated ( they took out a hadrosaur from one of the
> parking lots around back when they were building it). The museum is
> formulated on a "walk through time" theme, with the largest exhibit halls
> reserved for the dinosaurs. You may want to go through it twice, as it's
> likely you won't see it all first time around. There is also a
> paleobotanical garden good for reference photos.
> 
> Also, if your going to be up here, you should think about stopping at
> Dinosaur Provincial Park. It's about an hour and a half drive S.E. of
> Drumheller, also along the Red Deer river and is one of the two richest
> sites for upper Cretaceous dinosaurs in the world ( the other being
> Mongolia ). There is a campground and the Tyrrells Field Station (a mini
> museum ), where specimens are prepped for transport to the main museum.
> There are tours by Parks Rangers into the restricted area ( where main
> fossil exposures are, including a hike to the Centrosaurus bonebeds where
> literally thousands of animals drowned in river flooding events). Going
> back into the badlands is like travelling to another planet and is something
> you should really see if possible. I saw Holtz' reply to you on the DML and
> he isn't kidding, these places are like a Mecca to paleo people. After
> living in this area my whole life and having spent plenty of time at the
> museum and at the park doing field work I'm quite accustomed to it, but I've
> seen lots of people leave the park or the museum overwhelmed. 

>>Are you coming up this way specifically to see the museum / paleo sites, or
are you thinking of siteseeing around other parts of Alberta. You're welcome to
drop by here for an afternoon as well, if you have the time and we can work
out the scheduling (it's been crazy around here the last couple of months,
and it's not letting up anytime soon!). I think you're in for a good time up
here.<<

I'll be there for two weeks (Last time I went there was in 1995) and we'll go
pretty much around southern Alberta. The principal stuff I wanna see is the 
museum, but I'm not alone. There's also West Edmonton Mall and familly there.

Thanks all,

- Thomas Miller
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