Today's adventure was a trip up to Florrisant, CO to visit a fossil quarry where you can dig your own fossils! On the way up, we planned to stop at the Donut Mill, which we have heard has phenomenal (and very large) donuts.
On the way to the Donut Mill, we ran into a motorcycle parade that was just starting. The roads were all blocked off while the motorcycles passed, so we parked and watched as motorcycles sped by for about 15 minutes straight -- I don't think I've ever seen so many in one place before! The boys enjoyed watching it at first, but they were pretty eager to get to the donut shop so they got a little impatient as the motorcycles kept coming, and coming, and coming.
Once the parade ended, we headed over the donut shop and were rewarded with some excellent donuts. The boys each ordered a chocolate-frosted donut with sprinkles, and David and I split a pretty large raspberry fritter. They were definitely heartier than the average donut, and very tasty. The donut shop did sell "Cinnamon rolls larger than your head" which were, indeed. that big. As much as I love cinnamon rolls, I think you'd need like 8 people to eat one of those!
After we had fueled up on sugar, we had a lovely drive up to Florrisant and found the fossil quarry. We paid an admission fee and then were given tools like chisels, hammers, brushes, etc. and were able to sort through huge piles of shale to find fossils. The boys had a great time -- all of their favorite things rolled into one: digging, hammering, playing with rocks, and fossils. We ended up finding quite a few nice leaf fossils that we brought home. We were hoping to find a bug fossil, but apparently those are a bit more rare (and larger animals, like fish or birds are super rare). It was a cool experience, and a bit addictive -- it was pretty exciting to crack open layers of shale to see what treasures might be inside.
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