The park, which is relatively small compared to similar ones out west, centers around a large set of dinosaur tracks unearthed 50 years ago. The tracks themselves are impressive, although certain toddlers would have preferred to see more bones and especially actual dinosaurs. The main museum isn't bad, but its kids' discovery room was a real find, with drawers full of fossils, rocks, and related materials; boxes of fossils and rocks to be handled and examined with magnifying glasses; stuffed dinosaurs and dinosaur figures to play with; puzzles and crafts to do; and a live snake and skink to watch. During the summer months visitors can cast their own dinosaur prints, and it turns out they meant make actual full-sized plaster casts (and the prints were casts of the prints from the site). The surrounding arboretum had some nice nature trails, which we explored while we waited for our cast to set enough to take home.
After that we stopped for a late lunch.
We ended up stopping at a playground on the way home to give everyone some time out of the car.
Matt mastered climbing up the tunnel, thanks to some tips from Dada.
