Drumheller, Alberta.

There is so much to see and do here in Drumheller, which is why we have planned to stay four days. First on the list was the Tyrrell Donosaur Museum. About 70 million years ago Alberta was home to many different types of Dinosaurs. The museum was started in the early 80s and is now a large rambling building filled with amazing displays of ancient bones. They think, don't know, that the Dinosaurs were killed off by a combination of climate change and a massive Meteor which hit Mexico at about the same time, 60 million years ago. There bodies were sealed in the sandstone and preserved. Hundreds of bones are found each year by Paleontologists from around the world as well as University students on any of the numerous digs.   

This is a picture of a perfect example of a HooDoo. The entire Drumheller Valley is made up of HooDoos. The ones in the picture are only about 8ft high, but they are the best example. Most are upwards of one hundred feet high. When the land was covered with sandstone after the oceans fell and the seas in Alberta dried up, over  the ensuing several millions of years the sandstone eroded away. But where there was a hard rock that would not erode it created a HooDoo, as shown in the picture. Once the top rock falls off the HooDoo quickly erodes away. 

The Yellow flowers are high above the Red Deer River valley. We took a little gravel road up a steep winding hill and found this amazing view. Our campsite was on the river below.

More to come on Drumheller.