Last weekend Brian had an idea... a simple drive to the oldest town in NC and a ferry ride!! A fun, quickly planned outing for us;)
So we packed snacks, reading material for the drive (we love reading in the car) and the camera:) LOL!
On the ferry was great! Hanging out together and watching the water... and we saw some dolphins;) Too cool!
The museum was mostly bones with some descriptions and a movie describing the local mines where a lot of the fossils were found. The kids though they were all about the "big dig" outside!!! A lot sized dirt pile from the Aurora mines:)
After the kids had spent an hour or so in the dirt pile (and we promised them we'd come back!!), we loaded back up in the van to head home. We got to the port early and it was cool to watch the ferry come in loaded with vehicles.
We're not really good at spur-of-the-moment trips, so this was a little different for us! But we pulled it off and had a GREAT time!
Gotta love summer road trips...even when you don't go too far!
So we packed snacks, reading material for the drive (we love reading in the car) and the camera:) LOL!
On the ferry was great! Hanging out together and watching the water... and we saw some dolphins;) Too cool!
Once across the river, we headed into fossil territory... aka Aurora and the phosphate mines. Through extensive excavating of the land, many unique sea creature remains have been found and donated to a museum in Aurora.
The museum was mostly bones with some descriptions and a movie describing the local mines where a lot of the fossils were found. The kids though they were all about the "big dig" outside!!! A lot sized dirt pile from the Aurora mines:)
Yes! Mom and Dad got into the hunt as well!! We couldn't let them have all the fun:)
And we all found some cool finds:)
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| This find ended up being a type of lemon shark tooth! |
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| Nate found shark teeth too but was sure proud of the feather he found;) LOL! |
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| More shark teeth! We all found plenty! |
After the kids had spent an hour or so in the dirt pile (and we promised them we'd come back!!), we loaded back up in the van to head home. We got to the port early and it was cool to watch the ferry come in loaded with vehicles.
We're not really good at spur-of-the-moment trips, so this was a little different for us! But we pulled it off and had a GREAT time!
Gotta love summer road trips...even when you don't go too far!
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