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April 15, 2007
On the Road Part III
Okay now Pa and Nick have done geography with maps, science with land forms, history with prehistoric fish, and math with money. So is there anything else to come from a three day road trip?
Sure. Wild Burros. A herd of wild burros is interesting whether you’re 12 or 68. I watched some recently in the same general vicinity of this trip myself, and was fascinated to watch them wandering through the desert. My questions ran to what do they eat,
where do they find water, and, of course, how did they get there in the first place?
I didn’t know some of those answers, but with a little bit of work on the Internet, I found several sites with valuable information. I’m sure Nick has already found them.
Anything else? Well, there was also Wilson Lake, Wilson Creek and a canyon you wouldn’t expect to find in such a desert country. I would imagine the fishing was pretty good. It must have good hundreds of thousands of years ago too. The boys found information about miners coming across a fossilized fish that was up to 60 feet long and weighed 60 tons. That’s some fish story! If you want more information about the fish, you can find it in a notebook at the Jim Butler Hotel in Tonopah, Nevada.
I don’t even have to go into detail about the learning on this trip. I’ve done some of that in the last couple of blog entries so this time I’d just say, if you haven’t gone for a ride in a while-short or long, you might want to think about it. Yes I know the gas is expensive, but the value in the learning and the fun sure outweighs the cost of the trip.
Enjoy. Have fun and let me know where else to suggest this venturesome pair should try.
Posted by Dr Joni at April 15, 2007 08:58 AM