It’s been over 20 years since Bill Waterson’s last daily comic in the newspaper sharing the adventures of Calvin & Hobbes. Good news you can still enjoy these adventures through the various books he published. I found them on Amazon.com. The plus with the books is you can enjoy more than one adventure a day! …
Category: Adventures & Activities
Happy Thanksgiving & Anniversary
Preparations have been under way for a great Thanksgiving meal. I brined a turkey breast. I found a recipe online for how to brine a turkey. I been using it ever since. Previously I used it with a large turkey that required a 5-gallon bucket to soak in overnight. Keeping such a large container chilled…
Dinosaurs in the Public Library
I picked up a few books at the City of Camarillo Public Library to assisted with lesson plans at: PaulsPrehistoricPark.com School of Art, History, Language, Time Travel & other Sciences Your Public Library is a great source of information. Ours allows you to check out 30 books at once! The Reference Librarians are very helpful…
PaulsPrehistoricPark.com School of Art, Language, History, Time Travel & other Science
Raphael and Dominic are the last to arrive at school today. I purchased a couple of video courses for “How to Draw” and “Learning Spanish” from The Great Courses. My first experience with The Great Courses was “The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul” for a future trip. We’ll use this course…
Halloween made easy with Dinosaurs
Are You Ready for Halloween? This year I decided to get some proper tools for pumpkin carving. I made a trip to Michaels and picked up a craving kit and a colossal carver. The carving kit comes with 16 patterns to create a scary Halloween pumpkin. They were 30% off too! Unfortunately, no dinosaur patterns! …
Metal Dinosaurs in the Desert – part 2 of 2
It’s time to head south on Borrego Springs Road from Palm Canyon Drive. The road will curve east after approximately 3 ¼ miles and on your right you will come across several Sabretooth Cats and Horses. You’ll have to decide if you wish to drive off road a bit or view them all on foot. …
Metal Dinosaurs in the Desert – part 1 of 2
I made the 200+ mile drive to Borrego Springs, California to see the famous metal sculptures of Ricardo Breceda. To arrive at sunrise, I had to leave home at 3:00 am. Sunrise provides great lighting for photographing these wonderful works of art. It also allowed me to avoid the rush hour traffic. There are 129…
Is your Metal Dinosaur a Cylon?
If you have seen the Universal Studio’s revisioned Battlestar Galactica created by David Eick & Ronald Moore 2004 – 2009, you may have concerns about your metal dinosaurs. If you haven’t yet experienced the series, I highly recommend it. I would give it a PG rating. If you have seen the series, it’s probably time…
LA Zoo – UnExtinct
I made a trip to the Los Angeles Zoo to visit the “DINOSAURS UNEXTINCT” exhibit. It was great! Outside the exhibit is a Spinosaurus enjoying a meal. As you enter you are greeted by a couple of Brachiosaurus. You continue on the path to be entertained by one dinosaur after another. I’ll provide you a…
Fly a Pterosaur at the Natural History Museum Los Angeles
Hurry, the last day is October 2, 2016. The exhibit opened July 3rd. I waited until school was back in session to avoid the crowds. Pterosaurs are considered flying reptiles even though they are believed to have been warm blooded and covered with fur. They were the first animals to fly after insects. The exhibit…