Trelew,
Patagonia,
Argentina
Thursday, November 13, 2008
It doesnīt look difficult. tray-LOO, right? My guidebook says tray-LAY-oo, and the locals range from tray-LAU to treel-OW to some unrecognizable permutation. I give up. Trelew is another former Welsh settlement with precious little left of the Welsh influence save for another excuse to eat cake, the old-fashioned Welsh-style cakes sold most everywhere (Argentinians love sweets nearly as much as ham.) While here, we visited a truly wonderful paleontology museum with the first complete dinosaur skeletons Iīve ever seen. Patagoniaīs unique arid, cold, climate is ideal for fossil preservation, and many species unique in the world have been excavated here. We were lucky enough to walk in the museum just as the English guided tour started. Normally, I donīt go for that sort of thing and prefer to find my own way around, but the quality of this tour was incredible. I wouldnīt have batted an eye if the woman had told me she was the resident professor for the museum, she was that knowledgable. Nearly all the fossils in the exhibition had been recovered from this province, with only a few replicas. They were quite adamant to insist that the largest dinosaur in history is the Argentinosaurus from South America, not the Ultrasaurus found in North America. I think that once an animalīs hip bone reaches the two story mark, the argument is rather moot, but thatīs just me.
By the way, is this place sounding weird to you yet? Multitudes of dinosaur fossils, extinct Welsh immigrants, excessive ham, whale, sea lion, and penguin colonies, and crazy strong winds.. I forgot to mention the wind down here. Skinny folks could easily get blown off a cliff, and itīs only going to get stronger the further south we go. Good excuse for me to keep eating all these good pastries.
Seems like we only came here for the
dinosaur bones
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Hi
Hi you guys! Photos are fab! Love Tammy
google is amazing
So after months and months of demanding url satisfaction on where to find this blog from culprits such as Forrest and Naomski, only to have not gotten any satisfaction, I employed the wondrous mysticism of google. Funny what happens when you type in 'Nathan Frisch', 'Katie the Bear', only seemed to have gotten me some bizarre furry love site which I did investigate, but only a wil' bit. Hope you guys are doing great down there and enjoying all that beautiful heat. Send some our way and KEEP HAVING SHITLOADS OF FUNS.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO CAMP OUT TOO
Hey Yall; Thanks for the updates. We like very much to read and view your pictures. That beach really sounds inviting. Jerry's still smiling like a mule eating briers. Mama and I are still praying for you and Nathan's traveling mercy and safe return in Jesus Name. We Love Yall, Granny & Tommy
hey, pastries
so do the pastries blow off the cliff when you toss them in the air? don't come back to the u.s. all things are about to break loose with the new presidential administration. obammer's hiring hilary and bill's step-brother, george, to be his state screw-ups. somebody help us. can i come stay with you guys? i could catch pastries as they come over the cliff.
blessings
hey zeus!