On June 11th Megan and I headed down to Drumheller to visit the Badlands and the dinosaurs of the Royal Tyrrell Museum. (by the way our friend Tyrrell is named after the same person this museum is named after, Joseph B. Tyrrell). On the way there we had to cross the Red Deer River on a tiny little ferry ride that's almost part of the road. If anyone is in this area I suggest the trip because the scenery is quite remarkable and the museum has all sorts of interesting information, not just about dinosaurs either. They had some very old animals I got movies of like this strange lizardy thing and this fun (but ugly) turtle. By "very old" I mean the species, not the individual animals themselves.
After the museum we drove out to see the Hoodoos, which are very neat natural structures formed by water and wind erosion over thousands of years. I attempted to capture a photo of one by stepping one foot off the path, and ended up sliding down a muddy slope on my feet, hands, and butt. Megan laughed her face off.
There was also a wicked electrical storm which completely surrounded us as we watched from the van, late that evening.
For the gallery of photos taken by both Megan and I, click on the thumbnail above or here.