Maxwell asked me the other night when we were going to the "Arm Pits". That would actually be the La Brea Tar Pits. This month is designated as "Get Grandma C Out of the House" month. I have lined up a fun-filled month of numerous places to see to keep her sane and the boys busy. Isaac really liked the "Tar Pull" demonstration. There were two metal shafts (one 5 inches thick and one 1 inch thick) that were submersed into tar. You had to try to pull them up out of the tar. The skinny one was hard enough for him to do...the big one was impossible. He now really understands how all the animals got stuck in the muck and died. I cannot believe that they uncovered millions of fossils alone between 1913 and 1915. Absolutely amazing! This is an actual "working" museum that has volunteers that sort, clean, label, and catalog ALL fossils over 1/4 inch is size.
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