Back to our regularly scheduled blog...

The next stop on our way to the Black Hills is Rapid City which is the gateway to the Black Hills. We usually stop at Ellsworth Air Force base to see the static display of military aircraft, their museum and visit the Missile silo. This time we decided to skip the Ellsworth.

We decided to visit the Museum of Geology on the campus of South Dakota School of Mining and Technology. We have visited this museum several time but not on every visit. This is not a large museum but is has quite a bit in it.

The star attractions of course are the fossils. Even though we no longer have a young child we still love seeing them. This time they had some current research on display. It was a Plesiosaur from Antarctica. Until recently there was no research on dinosaurs in the Antarctica because they didn't think that there were any.




We also saw the fossilized remain of a Tylosaurus stomach with a sign up stating what has been identified so far.




We also enjoyed seeing and learning more about the minerals and meteors they have on display but I don't have pictures because they were in glass display cases which don't photograph well.

We enjoyed our visit to the museum. For those wondering if it worth seeing I would say yes.