After, quite possibly,
one of the busiest work weeks of my life... I’m finally getting a chance to
focus on my blogging. Stress from work caught up with me last week and I was so
excited to get out of town, forget everything going on, have some quality alone
time to focus on things running through my brain, and take a little road trip. Road
trip to southern North Carolina in one weekend! Some may think I’m crazy – I like
to call it an adventure.
18 hours of driving, 3
full tanks of gas, 2 nights at separate Holiday Inns, some hiking, some pin up
posing, lots of exploring, and great food – I’m home, back to work, and
enjoying being back in my own house.
First thing I wanted
to do? Check out the Dinosaur Trail at the Museum of Life & Science in
North Durham, NC. Rawr!
This big brontosaurus
overlooks the entrance to the newly built Dino Trail. Apparently, a few years
ago, someone snapped off the poor fellow’s head! He was left decapitated and
abandoned in the woods. Recently, the museum fixed him up and added more dinos
and dinosaur babies to the trail. Only bummer was that they are all fenced in
now. The fences kind of ruin picture opportunities. Guess that’s what happens
when someone messes with dinosaurs.
There were 8 separate
dinosaur installations along the trail. The giant alamosaurus was my favorite.
It started pouring while I was walking the trail, so I chose to run back to the
museum once my little red flats became completely saturated with muddy puddle
water.
I found out about this
40-year-old Brontosaurus via Road trip America. One of my favorite sites about kitschy
road trip pit stops. If you’re planning a road trip anytime soon, download the
Roadside America app for your smart phone. It alerts you when there is
something kitschy close by.
I had a sneak peek of
what it would have been like to walk through a forest 68-65 million years ago. Like
I said before, Rawr!
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