Dino State Park

Theo has been obsessed with dinosaurs lately so this morning we went to a state park outside Hartford to see one of the largest collections of dinosaur footprints in North America. 

Theosauros:

Inside the geodesic dome looking at the 200 million year old footprints on the sandstone trackway:

Dino murals:

A T-Rex footprint:

We brought supplies to make a cast from a real Eubrontes footprint in the track casting area. Here are Forrest and Theo cleaning off the footprint that they selected:

Coating the footprint and ring with oil:

Getting water at the pump:

Mixing plaster of Paris and water:

After pouring the plaster:

Making a handprint on the back of the cast:

Covered in plaster:

Scraping the excess plaster from around the ring:

We went for a hike in the dinosaur garden and arboretum while we waited for our cast to dry. 

Here's the boardwalk through the swamp:

Yay! It worked!