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May 10th 2016

Published: June 25th 2017

Geo: 51.461, -112.707Back in the early days of her policing career, DH worked with a significant number of dinosaurs so she was eager to explore the former dinosaur playground in Drumheller. Theoretically this area holds abundant evidence (including a treasure trove of fossils) around the extinction of dinosaurs, but DH is convinced that many of them (including the relatively small brained Testost... Read Full Entry

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World's Largest Dinosaur

The World's Largest Dinosaur is 4 times larger than a Tyrannosaurus Rex, standing 82 feet (25 meters) tall.

Walking Through The Intestinal Tract

Not Sure Why An Alien Is In Here?

View From The Mouth

Even DH Doesn't Have Teeth This Big

Drumheller Dinosaur

Just For Bonnie D

Smaller Churches Everywhere

A sparrow told Bonnie D that she had seen the smallest church in the world. It turns out that there are much smaller churches everywhere.

Small Church

Drumheller Dinosaur Golf Course

Alberta Badlands

Drumheller Pumpjack

Horse Thief Canyon- Great Name

The name "Horsethief" was given to this area because of an illegal horse trade network used in the last century. Horses being smuggled illegally between the United States and Alberta were supposedly hidden in this canyon, but the true origin of the name is not clear.

Horse Thief Canyon

Here you can look in on the last years of the Cretaceous Period, 70 million years ago, the end of the age of dinosaurs.

Horse Thief Canyon

Among the notable specimens uncovered in the Horsethief is a horned dinosaur with a thick nose named Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis.

Horse Thief Canyon

14th June 2016

doe
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WOW!!!

14th June 2016

Amanda
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Alberta turtle

14th June 2016

Amanda
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another audubon classification

14th June 2016

Amanda
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awesome

14th June 2016

Amanda
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holds six people or 2 Americans

14th June 2016

Amanda
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no vege-burgers?

14th June 2016

Amanda
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skinny jeans

14th June 2016

Elaine & Doug
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Some great pics of a truly spectacular area of Alberta. Love those hoodoos!

17th June 2016

carolcooke
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I was a bit worried about being one of those 'dinosaurs' DH used to work with! I was also going to comment on the museum piece DH has been travelling with but I'll leave that for another time!

24th June 2016

mss-2014
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Lovely...

24th June 2016

mss-2014
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Nothing but First Class for this girl!!

24th June 2016

mss-2014
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Someone has too much time on their hands...

24th June 2016

mss-2014
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Thats pretty expensive for just a burger! But I'm sure they don't get the masses of Peeps there, so understandable.