We kicked off Fourth of July with a bang by opening the Mother's Day Site for the 10th year in a row! Very view sites can still uncover so many great specimens year after year, so we consider ourselves very lucky.
First order of business is to cover the site, which is easier said than done. It is an intricate quilt made of tarps, bungees, rope and metal stakes. This will keep our site shaded while we work. Once the tarp was patched, we tied the edges to large rocks and inserted rods and PVC pipe to keep the tarps above our heads. We dubbed it "the big top" for it's massive circus tent appearance.Then...we started...to dig!!!
The site was covered with feet of fill and we had to move a lot of dirt, filling 5 gallon buckets, one at a time. The key is to careful skim the surface to make sure we do not split a fossil in half with your shovel or trowel. We made huge progress yesterday and I am very proud of the crew. Bones were flagged and more should be uncovered later today.
(Right: Crew member Lamont Meadows searching for fossils)
2 comments:
great to see you working Lamont! hope you're having a great time!
Mitch Haralson
Lamont! You look like you're having too much fun, didn't I tell you that's a no no for this drill? Just kidding! Hope you are having fun! Have you picked any dinosaur noses yet?
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