This area is aptly called the Painted Hills.
The red represents a time when central Oregon was tropical, and the home of an incredible diversity of mammals and plant life.
One paleontologist commented that in this area, a scientist is rewarded with a fossil every outing!
Huge diversity of plant life. We have split shale, and found fossilized leaves in the past, but this time got on the wrong road which turned a 6 hour drive into a 10 hour one. When we got to the town of Fossil it was snowing, and the boys were just ready to get somewhere out of the car. I kept telling them "it is the journey, not the destination...." to no avail. Fossil hunting will wait for yet another trip.
This area is aptly called the Painted Hills.
The red represents a time when central Oregon was tropical, and the home of an incredible diversity of mammals and plant life.
One paleontologist commented that in this area, a scientist is rewarded with a fossil every outing!
Huge diversity of plant life. We have split shale, and found fossilized leaves in the past, but this time got on the wrong road which turned a 6 hour drive into a 10 hour one. When we got to the town of Fossil it was snowing, and the boys were just ready to get somewhere out of the car. I kept telling them "it is the journey, not the destination...." to no avail. Fossil hunting will wait for yet another trip.
