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Dinosaur Valley

It seems that going out to Dinosaur Valley has become almost an annual spring trip for us. I love getting out of DFW and seeing the beautiful wildflowers growing along the road and in the park and Dino Valley is such a kid friendly park....well usually. This trip was a little different. I will know next time to check the park website before we go. With all the rain we've had the creek was running very high and all of the tracks were invisible. I was so disappointed. Not for us because we've seen it all before, but the Halls came with us and it was their first time and they didn't get to see any tracks. However, it seems our kids can have fun in just about any circumstances so they still managed to have a great time.
Maddy and Bethany got to play on the very edge of the creek. As Uncle Brad put it, Maddy decided to reconnect with her primal roots and paint herself in mud.

They also looked for shells along the creek bank. They each filled one of Maddy's shoes with rocks and shells they found interesting.

There was a little area where they showed what the prairie grass looked like back in the day.
Kelsay checking out the dinosaurs.
Jude really wanted to climb through the fence to get close to the dinosaurs.
Our kids were not very interested in taking traditional cutsie bluebonnet pics but they did enjoy their ice cream.


Thunderstorms started building up about this time. You can see them in the background. The kids played on the playground at the picnic area. We had time to eat some of our picnic. Then sprinkles began and lightning started to crack. So we took our picnic to our cars and headed home. It was fun to watch the lightening driving back.




There is usually a rock bridge in this area that you can walk on across the creek.

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bee said…
Always feel a little jealous of your fun outings. As always the account is great the pics are super. These kids are growing up and changing so much. Looks like a lot of "cousin" memories being made.
April 24, 2015 at 4:10 PM
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