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Friday, February 01, 2008
I just did something I've wanted to do since I was a kid. I visited Dinosaur Valley State Park. At this site in 1939, a motorcycle-riding dinosaur track hunter named Roland T. Bird found some amazing footprints. As he peered into the clear water of the Paluxy River, he spotted tracks on the stream bed.
  One set, amazingly, seemed to record the attack of a carnosaur trying to take down a sauropod. Working for the American Museum of Natural History, Bird cut out a portion of these tracks from the stream bed and sent them to NYC for display. The rest remain, and they are stunning.  The Paluxy River with dinosaur track in foreground Guarding the treasure trove of dinosaur tracks stand two dino sculptures created for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. It was an amazing visit, as I stood in places where dinosaurs roamed and saw their vivid footprints today.posted 1:56 PM
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