I'm not sure if you are aware, but our oldest (9) Abby wants to be a Paleontologist, and has since she was 4 or 5! Yes, yes I know.. every child loves dinosaurs, and built replica fossils in museums of dinosaurs, even dinosaur toys. But this kid is different, she has a passion and a love for the simplest things, including the processes in which you undertake to carefully remove said fossils and properly excavate them safely.
Abby's 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Neirling knew this, and also knew of a park that is local and you can visit to dig up fossils and trilobites, mostly the latter. She told Abby all about this free public park in Sharonville and take your collection bucket(s), tools, and gear and go to town. Heaven for our 9 year old. So we decided to make a trip out of it in late March thinking weather may be cooperative, and behave.
Boy were we wrong. A GUSTY 35 degrees across the land it's located, and there's not much wind break, so it's just a constant almost wind (from the storm system moving in) driving across the property. Did that dampen the spirits of a 9 year old fossil hunter? Heck no it didn't!
I think we collectively spent around 60-90 minutes between fossil/trilobite hunting and exploring all of the available information at the location; explaining exactly what Trammel Park is, and why it exists in it's form as it does today, for these future scientists in waiting wings.
Because we braved the cold, we got some warm tubbies and showers to warm up at home...
and Daddy spoiled them with a surprise 'Camp out' in the living room since it was Spring Break after all.
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