For the next two weeks, I will be a paleontologist.
I love dinosaurs; it has been my life's dream to go on a dig and as luck would have it I chanced upon this excursion with the help of friends and fellow dino-thusiasts Austin Madison (my doppelganger) and Greg Dykstra, both of whom are also former Pixar co-workers of mine. Months and months ago, Austin contacted me about the Waugh Quarry Dig put together by the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research and I feverishly jumped on the opportunity to excavate the fossilized remains of my favorite childhood monsters. And so, come tomorrow, pack packed, I'm leaving.
July 6: Fly to Rapid City, South Dakota. Meet up with Pixar gang. Drive to Hill City, South Dakota (these names remind me of Waterfall City from "Dinotopia")
July 7: Spend day at Black Hills Geological Institute in Hill City. Learn about paleontology. Drive to Waugh Quarry (where the dinosaur bones are hiding) near Hulett, Wyoming which is just north of Devil's Tower (of Close Encounters fame) in the Black Hills forest.
July 8-12: Dig up dinosaur bones. Make references to Jurassic Park.
July 13: Leave dig site. Visit Devil's Tower, Mount Rushmore, and several dinosaur themed (not Jurassic) parks in South Dakota.
July 14: Fly home.
July 15: Old-Fashioned Slideshow
In honor of Roy Chapman Andrews, the real life inspiration for Indiana Jones, and as an added level of adventure, I have brought only period appropriate clothing and the following necessary items for such a dangerous outing: fedora, aviator sunglasses, smoking pipe, knife, irish whistle, flask of whiskey, flares and a journal (rifle to be procured in Wyoming).
I love you all.
4 comments:
don't forget that you brought your very period appropriate iphone to aid in the the keeping of this blog. at least it is only a 3G iphone... slightly closer to period appropriate... haha miss you already!
Good luck Man! If possible can you steal some baltic amber for me. And remember to shoot to your left before you shoot the clever girl straight ahead.
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