Spring Break 2009

Fossil Rim Wildlife Park

Adam - Dinosaur Valley State Park

Ethan in Fossilized foot prints


One of Fossilized sites

Dan and kids at Dinosaur Valley State Park

We decided to go to Dinosaur Valley State Park and Fossil Rim in Glenrose, TX. this year for spring break. We really wanted to take the kids somewhere fun, but we didn't want to travel for days getting there. We had a great time! We left Thursday morning for Glenrose. We checked into the Comfort Inn and Suites around 3:00p.m. just in time for Emily to go down for a nap. Dan took the boys to Big Rock Park while she was sleeping (think house size boulders, surrounding a river). They had so much fun jumping off the rocks and walking down the river towards a small dam.

Friday, we toured Dinosaur Valley State Park, they have fossilized footprints throughout the park (3 sites). The footprints are located along the riverbeds, they go for miles.

Saturday we toured Fossil Rim Wildlife preserve. This is a 3 to 4 hour driving tour. We saw rhino's, cheetah's, ostrich, emus, zebra's, giraffe and lots of deer species. It was great, we had purchased special animal food from the main office (the animals only came around you, if you had the food). We had several close calls. The ostrich, emus and zebra actually came into our van. We were all screaming, except for Dan, of course. The animals are wild and they tell you not to feed them from your hands because they will probably bite. At one point, Adam was sitting on Dan's lap driving, while Emily and Ethan were sitting with me. An ostrich came through the passenger window and stopped right in front of Adams face (in the drivers seat). He became really pale and his eyes were extremely large. The funniest part was, he never moved. All the while Emily, Ethan and I were screaming and laughing like crazy. The weather here was great, it was mid 70's! It was a ton of fun and the boys keep asking if we are going back.