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Day 5 of the teacher dig arrived with cloudy skies. The clouds cleared quickly and the heat and humidity made it one of the hottest digging days.
As the teachers continued digging, more bones were found. William was very busy helping map the finds, pulling them out of the ground, and wrapping them for safe transport back to the museum.
Everyone continued to dig in to the walls and bring them down. Another nano T-Rex tooth was found – that brings the count to 3 for the year. As the diggers worked to get the found bones out of the ground, they continued to discover other bones. A tibia and a fibula were found today and are in a criss-cross position, one on top of the other. Despite the best digging efforts, they had to be left in the ground. The guys will finish digging them out after we are gone.
The day moved by pretty quickly and before we knew it, it was time to clean up for the last time. Everyone was reluctant to pack it in for the year. Digging takes a lot of patience and when something is found, the finder wants get it out of the ground. It was hard to leave the bones behind.
After we got back to town, Rick continued some lessons with the new diggers. They had the chance to do some casting – an edmontosaurus toe bone and a T-Rex tooth.
All the teachers made their way to the local restaurant, Chances Are, for our last Faith dinner. Everyone looks different after the layers of dirt have been removed at the end of the day.
Dallas and William will stay at the site for another week and work to get the exposed bones out of the ground. Then they will make their way back to Indiana, with all of the discovered bones.
We’ll see you next year!
