Day 8 - Ariana

Because we couldn't get morning coffee the day before the girls were determined to start today with a cup of caffeine. In the small town of Seymour, there is only one cafe that serves lattes, B' Nutritious & Sweet, first step into the cafe and the entire atmosphere was totally transformed. Somehow the suede furniture and hanging lamps didn't emit retro vibes. Once the task of retrieving coffee was completed we assembled at the whiteside museum and made our way to the dig site. 

As this was our sixth day digging we were all well acquainted with the daily routine, or rather the routine of the sun moving across the sky. The combination of crusty dusty dry air and the scorching hair frying afternoon sun in the rural city of Seymour could inflict a catastrophe for city folks. And thus our first line of action was to set up a tarp for the groups that’ll get burned in the afternoon. Though this shouldn't have taken up a good chunk of the morning, it took 7 people and 7 times longer to set up the shade, but in the end, the result is what matters most; the tarps provided sufficient shade for the children. 

Updates on the skeletons: India, the dimetrodon pushing the record in size, was sealed in a cast, the massive cast just to the left is on its way to being flipped and taken to the lab, and just across India the Dimetrodon skeleton Claire is still being uncovered.