Good morning,
Just North of the I-275 circle around Cincinnati is the Trammel Fossil Park.
I remember when I was in seventh grade science class and we went to a creek on a field trip to look for fossils in the rocks. Now, the Trammel Fossil Park provides a place where school children and anyone else can dig into the hillside and search for fossils.
That hillside doesn't look like much, but it was once a part of the bottom of an ocean so holds a tremendous amount of history.
Every here and there a weed manages to survive here.
These rocks were already on the tables provided for the school children to work on their "finds." You can see the rocks are literally packed with fossils.
So these aren't just rocks, they are very special rocks that hold information about the creatures that lived in the ocean that once covered the central part of the United States.
My Honey and I had fun visiting here. It brought back fond memories of fossil hunting when I was in grade school.
All the best,
Lois
When I was a kid we had a house in the countryside where all the low dry-walls around were built with blocks of fossil shells.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to be able to visit this park. I'm sure students really have a fun time learning here.
ReplyDeleteI think in another life I musta been a geologist, 'cause this stuff really really fascinates me.
ReplyDeleteHow neat to live so close to a fossil park!
ReplyDeletepretty neat. i'd enjoy exploring.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised that they allow the public to dig there. That is pretty neat!
ReplyDeleteIt does looks like a dream from another era. And, suddenly, where is it gone.
ReplyDeleteThe grandkids and I have enjoyed searching for fossils along our creek beds.
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat park, Lois. I've always liked geology. Southwest of Dallas in Glen Rose, we have a dinosaur park. It's very interesting!
ReplyDeleteWonderful that students can visit here.
ReplyDeleteWonderful facility for kids. I know my boys, oh, so many years ago, would have been in heaven in a place like this. Oh, wait, I think they still would!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the rocks my folks used to have in their retaining wall -- we spent many a summer day looking at the fossils in the limestone. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat shots, Lois. I love visiting places like this.
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