Beating the heat

tkscovill ♦ June 23, 2012 ♦ 2 Comments

New Mexico Museum of Natural History

After lunch it was pretty hot outside so we went to the Museum of Natural History ala New Mexico. Usually I love this kind of thing, but by that time I was over tired, my feet hurt and I couldn’t seem to cool off. New Mexicois known for dinosaurs, and rocks, and I guess various theories of how life began. All of this, plus a whole history of computer technology was inside this one museum. So I looked at a few dinosaurs and spent a lot of time studying rocks and semi precious stones, and then I sat on the bench watching people while Sam absorbed the rest of the whole darned thing–minus the computer stuff. He is a sponge in these situations. I use that to my advantage sometimes and just let him tell me the short version.

 Here are a few pictures of dinosaurs and rocks.

dinosaur

dinosaur bones

 Some of this dinosaur’s bones were actually found in New Mexico.

T-Rex

The kids really loved this guy.

 ***** 

I am always fascinated by the gems hiding inside relatively plain rocks. This was one of the best displays I have seen. 

opal

malachite

 

rose quartz

 

agate

 

turquoise

 

the largest piece of lapis lazuli “in the world”

 

I guess I liked the rocks more than the dinosaurs.