It was amazing. The entire facility was filled with fossils, replicas, a prep lab, a dig site tour. I'm always amazed when we stumble upon these untapped treasures.
We thought Max would love the museum, but he seemed more terrified than anything else...perhaps that was because we continually stuck his head in the dinosaurs' mouths...perhaps...hmmm...you can't fake that fear... 
This picture really is too cute...though I fear he'll use it one day as proof of our negligence as parents...
Thermopolis is most well known for it's natural hot springs. Due to a treaty signed in 1896 with the Shoshone and Arapaho Indian tribes, the hot springs are open to the public. So, off to the Star Plunge we went.
We had so much fun in the hot springs...I remember going to the hot springs in Taiwan. My mom always reminded me to take off any silver jewelry I had on. Just in case any of you are plagued with the constant nagging curiosity of things like I am, tarnish is what happens to silver when silver becomes silver sulfide when it reacts with the sulfur in the air or in the water of the hot springs. To get rid of the black tarnish in those hard to reach places if you accidentally go to a hot spring and forget you're wearing your favorite Tiffany's necklace, you simply soak it in boiling water and baking soda...as for the odor...you know, the rotten egg smell, it's the sulfur...sulfur crystals are actually referred to as Brimstone...as in fire and brimstone...like in the Bible, is referring to the fact that Hell is thought to smell like sulfur...random, huh? Anyway...
This is a picture of Max's hand after we left the hot springs.
This is a picture of Max, literally, before we had left the parking lot of the Star Plunge. Needless to say, we all had such a great time.
Thermopolis is most well known for it's natural hot springs. Due to a treaty signed in 1896 with the Shoshone and Arapaho Indian tribes, the hot springs are open to the public. So, off to the Star Plunge we went.
We had so much fun in the hot springs...I remember going to the hot springs in Taiwan. My mom always reminded me to take off any silver jewelry I had on. Just in case any of you are plagued with the constant nagging curiosity of things like I am, tarnish is what happens to silver when silver becomes silver sulfide when it reacts with the sulfur in the air or in the water of the hot springs. To get rid of the black tarnish in those hard to reach places if you accidentally go to a hot spring and forget you're wearing your favorite Tiffany's necklace, you simply soak it in boiling water and baking soda...as for the odor...you know, the rotten egg smell, it's the sulfur...sulfur crystals are actually referred to as Brimstone...as in fire and brimstone...like in the Bible, is referring to the fact that Hell is thought to smell like sulfur...random, huh? Anyway...
This is a picture of Max's hand after we left the hot springs.
This is a picture of Max, literally, before we had left the parking lot of the Star Plunge. Needless to say, we all had such a great time. 
3 comments:
Ethan would LOVE that dino place!!
Thanks for the sulfur trivia - I didn't know that!
Cute pictures!!
That really does look fun. It's amazing what a small town in Wyoming can have.
What would a little boy be without a little torture?
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