We’re all in the holiday spirt! Lights and decorations are going up and we are singing our favorite carols – Rudolph the Red Nose Raptor & The Twelve Dino-Days of Christmas. Raphael has dressed for the occasion, sporting a Red Nose! A piece of foil painted red was all it took and a little double…
Category: Adventures & Activities
Time Travel inspired by Calvin & Hobbes
It’s been over 20 years since Bill Waterson’s last daily comic in the newspaper sharing the adventures of Calvin & Hobbes. Good news you can still enjoy these adventures through the various books he published. I found them on Amazon.com. The plus with the books is you can enjoy more than one adventure a day! …
Happy Thanksgiving & Anniversary
Preparations have been under way for a great Thanksgiving meal. I brined a turkey breast. I found a recipe online for how to brine a turkey. I been using it ever since. Previously I used it with a large turkey that required a 5-gallon bucket to soak in overnight. Keeping such a large container chilled…
Dinosaurs in the Public Library
I picked up a few books at the City of Camarillo Public Library to assisted with lesson plans at: PaulsPrehistoricPark.com School of Art, History, Language, Time Travel & other Sciences Your Public Library is a great source of information. Ours allows you to check out 30 books at once! The Reference Librarians are very helpful…
PaulsPrehistoricPark.com School of Art, Language, History, Time Travel & other Science
Raphael and Dominic are the last to arrive at school today. I purchased a couple of video courses for “How to Draw” and “Learning Spanish” from The Great Courses. My first experience with The Great Courses was “The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul” for a future trip. We’ll use this course…
Halloween made easy with Dinosaurs
Are You Ready for Halloween? This year I decided to get some proper tools for pumpkin carving. I made a trip to Michaels and picked up a craving kit and a colossal carver. The carving kit comes with 16 patterns to create a scary Halloween pumpkin. They were 30% off too! Unfortunately, no dinosaur patterns! …
Metal Dinosaurs in the Desert – part 2 of 2
It’s time to head south on Borrego Springs Road from Palm Canyon Drive. The road will curve east after approximately 3 ¼ miles and on your right you will come across several Sabretooth Cats and Horses. You’ll have to decide if you wish to drive off road a bit or view them all on foot. …
Metal Dinosaurs in the Desert – part 1 of 2
I made the 200+ mile drive to Borrego Springs, California to see the famous metal sculptures of Ricardo Breceda. To arrive at sunrise, I had to leave home at 3:00 am. Sunrise provides great lighting for photographing these wonderful works of art. It also allowed me to avoid the rush hour traffic. There are 129…
Is your Metal Dinosaur a Cylon?
If you have seen the Universal Studio’s revisioned Battlestar Galactica created by David Eick & Ronald Moore 2004 – 2009, you may have concerns about your metal dinosaurs. If you haven’t yet experienced the series, I highly recommend it. I would give it a PG rating. If you have seen the series, it’s probably time…
LA Zoo – UnExtinct
I made a trip to the Los Angeles Zoo to visit the “DINOSAURS UNEXTINCT” exhibit. It was great! Outside the exhibit is a Spinosaurus enjoying a meal. As you enter you are greeted by a couple of Brachiosaurus. You continue on the path to be entertained by one dinosaur after another. I’ll provide you a…