Bronagh had her off days Monday and Tuesday…turned out Monday was rainy and miserable…..plus..I managed to score a veterinarian appointment for da katten at Arrowhead Animal Hospital (https://arrowheadvet.com/ ) …..they were marvelous…Dr Sylvia was just great…..I may have to organise being back in Cochrane for his health check next year….yes I think they were that good…..so…he now has his vax passport so we are good to go when the US border opens…..
Tuesday 24th ….all systems go for Drumheller…..I was very excited cos Dinosaur park was sooooooo good……..
Drumheller itself I would have to say, was a bit of a disappointment……probably because I was comparing it to Dinosaur park…
Drumheller , by comparison, is overdeveloped…and….well….a bit run down as a town.
The landscape is very similar but much more spread out.
Anyway…we bought tickets for the Royal Tyrell museum https://tyrrellmuseum.com/ ( an oft overlooked fact is that a lot of the fossils in the Royal Tyrell were actually pulled out of dinosaur park…not Drumheller……..
I loved the mammoth….loved his elbows and his knees….and his feet…..great bones…I could have stood there a lot longer just looking at these bones and joints……would love to touch them too……!!!😁
Totally excited by this fabulous sacrum (tailbone)…I’m sure anyone who knows me will not be surprised…!!!
I was highly entertained to see this Mosaurus…….and most disappointed to re-read the sign and see it was actually a Mosasaurus……!!!
Nessie makes an appearance…for anyone who subscribes to the idea that Nessie is a plesiosaur…..!!
Scott spotted this little guy…..we decided he was the prehistoric ancestor of the ground squirrel…..his jaw specially evolving to snip shoelaces….!!!!
The museum is quite definitely a ‘must visit’….but so is the frequently aforementioned Dinosaur Park………. (Drumheller feels like its had a bit of the same kind of overdevelopment commercially as Niagara falls…)
Nothing much else in Drumheller but just 10 minutes from the museum we had found Horse Thief Canyon ( https://www.travelalberta.com/ca/listings/horsethief-canyon-1477/ )
Horse Thief Canyon
A quick stop to munch our sandwiches with a view…..
And the last stop for the day……Horseshoe Canyon trail……..more of this stripey landscape…….great park for walking/hiking tho……. (https://www.travelalberta.com/ca/listings/horseshoe-canyon-2003/)
Horseshoe Canyon Trail.
There had been rain a couple of days prior to this visit…which left some more interesting textures in the rocks and creek beds…….it was a more challenging hike than it looked like it was going to be at the outset…..
We thoroughly enjoyed the day with the girls……
They have to go back to work now….and we have to decide where we are going next…….!!!
Helpful little buddy as I am trying to work…….
OsteoPraxis on the road 
I lived in Calgary back in the late 70, early 80 . I barely remember the dinosaur park and it was small. I do recall something “ Buffalo Jump “ that was a very interesting museum and place to see as well.
You are certainly seeing the Calgary area …be well. Are u heading up to the Yukon ? Or South. Apparently the beginnings of winter are already being felt up there !!!
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We debated doing Head Smashed in Buffalo jump….I had just been listening to a CBC presentation on how they did it ( drive the buffalo)..amazing…..it did not work out as a stop on this trip tho…..we had just done a 6 day boondocking stint….and we needed a stop with laundry facilities..LOL……Fall is starting to happen here (Crows Nest Pass) so we are searching for a warm spot for winter….Yukon maybe next year…..Scott has his heart set on Alaska also………..!!!!😁
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Awesome details as usual! Nice posing Scott! 🙂
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Thanks……glad you are enjoying it…😁
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