Day 6 - Blake

    On day 6 of the trip, we woke up at 7:45 and started the day with a breakfast of biscuits, sausage, cereal, and cinnamon rolls prepared for us by the chef at the ranch. During the day we continued to work in the field digging for fossils. Members of the group found fossils of dimetrodon skull, fin bone, shoulder, and numerous other fossils from dimetrodon and other creatures from the Permian period. Connor, Niko, and I worked on a bone bed where we had found a dimetrodon skull and a scapula. After digging for the whole day we found a few vertebrae and other small fossils. 

    In the evening we went to an annual crawfish boil hosted by the ranger creek ranch. The crawfish boil had all types of games and activities. A local band performed live music for the first half of the crawfish boil. For dinner, they served boiled Crawfish, sausage, shrimp, and corn. After eating the food we went on a hayride that took us around the property and showed us the amazing view of the hills and the windmills around the ranch. Later in the night, a second band performed music in the event haul, where they had drinks and line dancing. I spent the rest of the night in the event hall listening to music and drinking sweet tea. Overall we had a successful day and we are very thankful that the ranch was kind enough to invite us to the crawfish boil. 



A group photo of the guys while they excavate a fossil.

A photograph after an immense period as they gouge out a hole to excavate a fossil.


A photograph of the girls after they uncover a Dimetrodon spine


A photograph of the guys cabin at night which displays the night sky




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