Trilobite Hunting

About fifty miles outside of Delta there is a place you can go dig for trilobites. My mom had been wanting to do this for a while and it turned out to be really great. The extra long car ride was absolutely worth it. After we paid the fee and rented our hammers and buckets we settled into the shale and started hunting. To find the trilobites you carefully split the shale into slices with a flat hammer like tool. The trilobites are nestled inside the layers.
Hayden found his first fossil as soon as he stepped out of the car.
They suggest that you bring gloves and glasses. Ty picked out these sunglasses on the way there. They looked just like my dads.
This place is in the middle of nowhere. You can see the shack where you pay and the equipment is stored and the pavilion. To the left and down a steep hill are two nineties era port-a-potties. That's all that is there. Pretty cool.
Everyone sits right on the rock to dig.
This is the awesome man who works there. When there is no one at the shack he comes out and helps people dig. He chiseled some fresh rock chunks out for my dad.
There were two friendly dogs that roamed around. This one was very interested in Hayden's string cheese.


We ended up with a bunch of fossils. There were so many we even left some there.
Overall, it was a great adventure.

Pinewood Derby

A few weeks ago our ward had a pinewood derby. Chad took the boys to my parents house to have Pop help design and build the cars. They turned out really good for their first time. Hayden's car even took third place!