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The Quest for Megalodon Day 4

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We started our day at Natural Bridge State Park in Kentucky. We had a great breakfast at the lodge and then started our drive south. We didn't have a lot of plans for today, except for a stop at the Grey Fossil Site in Gray, Tennessee. If you decide to stop, make sure to schedule a paleo tour! Our guide Paige was fabulous, she is an archeologist, but had a wealth of knowledge about the site and research happening there.  This fossil site was found in 2000 when a road construction crew came across some pretty amazing fossils! They re-routed the road and built a museum/lab on the site instead.  Although it was not a "dino" site, Dane was pretty excited about all of the tapir they had found there.  Our day continued with lots of winding roads through Tennessee, and into North Carolina where we found our cabin home for the night at the Springmaid Mountain Retreat.  The river view from the porch of our cabin.. and the horses below....  Our google photo album for this...
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The Quest for Megalodon Day 3

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We started our morning in Dayton, Ohio at the Aullwood Audobon.  If you have not heard of the sculpture artist, Thomas Dambo, you should really look him up! He is from Denmark and likes to recycle things into art! He has created more than 100 trolls all around the world .  You can visit his website here. With the 3 trolls we saw today, I (Amy) have officially seen 17 of them, and Little Bibbi is by far my favorite. I think she may be my spirit troll!!  Bo Little Bibbi Bodil After our hike, we headed to the Boonshoft Museum. Although this museum was clearly geared toward younger children, it was a pretty amazing stop! If we would have gone here when Dane was younger, we would have spent the whole day.  Then we drove to Slade, Kentucky. We went straight to the Natural Bridge Skylift. We took the ski lift up and down. The natural bridge is pretty amazing.  The ride back down was scarier than the ride up!  We drove right down the road and checked into the Hemlo...
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The Quest for Megalodon Day 2

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We started this morning with sunny skies and clear roads in Gaylord, which was a change from last night's travels.  Our first stop today was in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan's Museum of Natural History.  It was a nice little museum and a good place to stretch your legs! Bonus: It has free admission! (Donations are always welcomed.) And then we continued our travels south to Ohio! (Shout out to DTT, his dad is from Ohio).  Our planned destination tonight was the Dollar Book Swap . If you have never heard of it, and you read, you need to check this place out!  It is a giant used book warehouse, and all of the books are just $1.50 :). We found a stack of books and then we were off to our hotel! After checking in, we decided to try a new to us restaurant... Smokey Bones... Here are your Who Ate What? photos.  Chicken Sandwich and Fries Mushroom and Swiss Burger 1/2 BBQ Chicken An early night of relaxing at our hotel... tomorrow... w...
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The Quest for Megalodon Day 1

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Spring break has officially started and we are on the road again!  Today was merely a few hours of driving after work.  We had clear roads and smooth sailing until about 30 minutes before the bridge. Then it started to snow. It was pretty snowy when we crossed the Mighty Mac.... And it continued to snow and drift as we took I75 south. Fortunately, we did not have far to get to our hotel for the night.  Tomorrow we see dinosaurs!  Today's State Count (1) Michigan Trip Total State Count (1) Michigan
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