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Fossil Hunting in the Green River Formation

January 26, 2023 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Our bucket list camping trip in the summer of 2022 will long be remembered as perhaps our best ever. Yellowstone National Park has that affect on memories. And while Yellowstone was the certainly the centrepiece of the trip, our four hours hunting Green River Formation fossils at American Fossil Quarry were, without question, the highlight. […]

Filed Under: Travel Schmidt Tagged With: American Fossil Quarry, fossils, green river, Kemmerer, wyoming

Little Elbow Campground – Little Elbow Provincial Recreation Area – review

July 5, 2021 by acrockofschmidt 1 Comment

One summer. That’s all it took. One. Summer. 2020 was a perfect storm of Zen-like camping with our combined unemployment allowing for camping during the week rather than weekends coupled with pandemic protocols leaving campgrounds at half capacity. I capitalized on this with gusto, venturing out to never-before visited first-come-first-served campgrounds with the whole family […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, Calgary, camping, fossils, Kananaskis

St Mary Lower Campground – St Mary Reservoir PRA – review

June 16, 2021 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

You think you’re a pretty good judge of character, good or bad, and then somebody comes along and blows that hypothesis all to hell. St. Mary Lower campground … YOU … are that somebody. I had little desire to ever visit this campground, let alone spend a weekend at it. Tucked into the inside bend […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, birds, camping, fossils, St. Mary Reservoir

Fort Steele Campground – review

September 23, 2020 by acrockofschmidt 3 Comments

Nothing piques my interest in a campground more than a terrible review. In particular, I love a bad review bemoaning the strictness of management. I say this in dead seriousness and with full recognition of my hypocrisy relative to my younger days, but if you’re pissed off that a campground won’t let you have “fun” […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: camping, Fort Steele, fossils, gold panning

Dinosaur Provincial Park – review

June 20, 2018 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

“But it’s a dry heat.” In my estimation, these words are worthy of a thorough flogging with a filled, 2L water bottle.  I’ve lived in both humid climates and arid climates and I can assure you hot is hot.  That glowing yellow ball of fusion in the sky doesn’t care how moist the atmosphere is […]

Filed Under: Camping Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, badlands, camping, Canada, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Dinosaurs, fossils, UNESCO

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