Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Wooly vs. Columbian


Here we go Tour guide, here we go.  Hey Tour guide where are we going today?


Didn't you put the coordinates in the GPS KW?  Oh no Tour guide, you saw how I used the map last night.  I still don't know where Neb Colo is.  Oh yeah I remember now.  Well I'll just watch you a while longer and then try my hand at it later.  Where are we going?  KW, we are going to the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs South Dakota.


Hey KW, we are coming to Dry Creek.  Hey Tour guide, Why is it called Dry Creek?  Hum, KW do you see any water in it.  Good point.


The Mammoth Site.


Skull of the Wooly Mammoth.


Skull of the Columbian Mammoth.


This is the most complete skeleton of a Columbian Mammoth.  The only thing missing is the head.  They named it Marie Antoinette.  Later exploration showed the pelvic bone to be that of a male.  They changed the name to Murray Antoinette.






Hey Tour guides, don't turn around, there is a very large wooly mammoth behind you.  Run Tour guides run.




Skull and Tusks of the Ancient Mammoth at the dig site.


Another Skull and Tusks.


Bones, bones and more bones.


And still more bones.


In the pit of the dig site.


You can almost get up close and personal.


KW, there be bones here.


That is one big Mammoth.


Everyone getting into the dig uncovering bones.






Tour guide making one of his souvenir pennies.


Hey this bone is really heavy.


We are finally dome at the Mammoth Site.  We are heading to Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  Hey tour look at all these road signs.  Which way do we go tour guide, which way do we go?  KW, you sure do have a lot of Looney Tunes friends, but you are not Willoughby the Dog.  But Tour guide, look at all those signs, how will we know which turn to make.  KW, remember, we use Eleanor.  Oh yeah that right, our GPS.


Welcome to Nebraska.


KW is trying out his photography skills on the long drive to Scottsbluff.  He has chosen black and white as his medium.









TTFN:

PS:

The Mammoth site of Hot Springs, South Dakota is a museum and paleontological site.  It is an active paleontological  excavation site at which research and excavations are continuing.  The area of Mammoth Site of Hot Springs encloses a prehistoric sinkhole that formed and was slowly filled with sediment during the Pleistocene era.  The sedimentary fill of the sinkhole contains the remains of Pleistocene fauna and flora preserved by entrapment and burial within a sinkhole.  This site has the greatest concentration of mammoth remains in the world.  As of 2016, the remains of 61 mammoths, including 58 North American Columbian and 3 wooly mammoths had been recovered.  Mammoth bones were found at the site in 1974, and a museum and building enclosing the site were established. The museum now contains an extensive collection of mammoth remains.

KW's Quiz for the readers.  Answers in tomorrows blog.

The first toy advertised on TV was?
How many bridges does the Amazon River  have?
Where is the only place that McDonald's isn't?

2 comments:

  1. Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones ... now hear the word of the Lord.
    KW, good start with your photography. You can improve your composition by moving your main object -- like the windmill -- off center. In the case of the windmill, move it to the left. Makes for a more interesting picture. Look at the way TV and movie photographers work stuff off center (of course a lot of TV shows and movies are off center anyway).

    Quiz:
    1st Toy -- Mr. Potato Head (and he is featured in two of my cruise talks).
    Bridges on the Amazon -- one as of 2010.
    Places with no McDonald's -- in 2012 NPR said there were 105 countries without a McD's and one state capital, Montpelier Vermont.

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  2. KW’s quiz says no bridges on the Amazon River and Antarctica is the only place that McDonald’s isn’t. Quiz is from The Unique News. Oh yeah, Mr Potato Head is correct.

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