First the good news: Ute pass is now open and so is the museum. Please stop by and visit!
The bad news: The fire was pretty bad. 18,000 acres burned and 350 homes lost, along with 2 deaths. The fire impacted me personally by coming down the mountain and burning within just a few blocks of my home. I was certain for a while that the house was lost but the firefighters saved it in the end. I'm just back from a week evacuated out of the state.
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| I'll need some help identifying this turtle once it is prepared |
Previous to that, however, Jacob and I (and for a little while Mike too) were in South Dakota scouting for new dinosaur skeletons on a 2-week trip. We left most of the material in the ground for now, however we will probably recover many of the 7 dinosaurs that we located at a later date. A smattering of photos below for your enjoyment!
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| Big old pile of Triceratops bones |
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| Jacob working on a Triceratops on top of a butte |
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| Articulated scales on a mostly articulated gar |
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| Triceratops site discovered on our last day. Jacket is one brow horn. |
You have my empathies--major wildfires came within 1/4 mile of my house, too, in 2005! (And the Waldo Canyon fire made it less than a mile from the house I grew up in in Colorado Springs, too...) Glad to hear you and your house are safe!
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