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We had no idea that Dinosaur Provincial Park is also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (up there with the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Stonehenge, and the Pyramids) and is among the top places in the world for fossil hunting. We pulled into our campsite around dusk and realized we traded bears for mosquitos. We were swarmed! It took several rounds of bug-spray and a smoky campfire to get a bit of relief, and even then, we were still being eaten alive. The kids finally gave up (not before smores!) and when to bed so Ben and I stayed up to enjoy the fire. The sun doesn’t go down until close to 11pm, so it’s really easy to lose track of time. We burnt all the wood down to ash and didn’t make it to sleep until close to 1am!

That would be fine if the sun didn’t start coming up at 5:00am, full throttle, and super hot. We were roasting in the tent and everyone woke up too early. We didn’t get enough sleep, but we took in the day ahead by booking a guided fossil discovery tour of the park, and were able to enter the “restricted” zones. They have a one-finger rule…you can look at touch, and manipulate the fossils with one finger only. On our walk to a digging area, we walked right by a recently exposed dinosaur bone. They are everywhere!  There was some rain overnight and with each rainfall, more bones are exposed.

We also hiked in the public areas and made it to the top of the large stone that overlooked our campsite. This place was like being on another planet. The landscape is like nothing I’ve ever seen before and everyone enjoyed the guided tours and learning about the park.

That night, we bypassed the mosquitoes and drove into town for dinner. Camping-light, also known as “glamping”. Sometimes you just do what you have to do. And everyone likes the baked potatoes at Wendy’s.

We packed up in record time the next morning and made it for a final “Explorer’s Bus Tour” through the park and I learned a new word; hoodoo. We also learned that one of the first people to come and excavate bones from Dinosaur Provincial Park for Canadian Museums was Charles H. Sternberg, and he was from Lawrence, Kansas! Our guide was pretty excited to have people from Kansas on her tour. There were also people from Ottawa, Calgary, British Columbia, Kenya, and Hong Kong. So cool.