Dinosaur Tracking

Michelle has asked that I, Matt, be a guest writer for this post.  The San Antonio Botanical Gardens recently opened its newest exhibit "Dinosaur Live."  It features 11 lifesize dinosaurs scattered throughout the area.  The opening of the exhibit coincided nicely with a book that we've been reading with Howie at night titled Dinosaur Tamer (it is the story of little boy named Rocky who lives in the wild west and lassos big dinos).  Naturally, Howie assumed the role of dinosaur tamer at the gardens while Henry served as the timid naturalist strapped to the back of his dad.

The exhibits featured giant, prehistoric cockroaches, 3-foot long scorpions, an allosaur, and some other big dinosaurs that I can't spell let alone pronounce.  The exhibits were setup like a scavenger hunt with some of the dinosaurs, as big as they are, tucked away in dense forests making it fun to search for them.

This was also the first time we've gone to the Gardens in the fall, so a lot of the foliage was new to us.  We'll be sure to take some non-dinosaur pictures next time we go to show everyone.  Hopefully, in a few weeks all of the leaves will begin to change color giving us a reason to go again.

The Allosaur mom is too busy keeping all of kids in order to notice us in the background (Michelle and I feel for this dino-mama)

I love it that Howie is too concerned with the dinosaur to smile for the camera.  This was one of the first dinosaurs on the exhibit, so he was still trying to determine if they were actually alive.

They had set this big dino up in a big clearing, so you could see from a lot of different spots throughout the park.

Finally, one of the rarest finds along the tour, the Hobson family together in a picture.  From the look of the dinosaur's face in the background, she was very surprised, too.