Thursday, July 11, 2013
Today was a day for
sleeping in, catching up on wash and going to the grocery store; exciting stuff
uh?
Drumheller is an
interesting little town, and for a little town of probably less than 4000, they
have a lot of amenities and show a tremendous amount of community spirit. The
town was founded around the coal mines of the early 1900’s, but their claim to
fame is the Dinosaur discoveries! There have been lots of pre-historic bones,
footprints, and fossils found in the area. Drumheller is home to the famous
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, which was established in 1985. In 1990,
Queen Elizabeth bestowed the “Royal” to the name of the museum, an honor only
she could do.
Drumheller has played on
the dinosaur theme, and it is carried all over town. There are cute, brightly
painted, little dinosaurs all over town and in people’s yards.
it weighs in at a hefty 145,000 pounds of mostly steel, and stands 86 feet tall. For a small fee you can climb all the way up to the T-Rex’s mouth for a bird’s eye view of the surrounding badlands.
The town’s community
center is equipped with an indoor lap pool and hot tub, outside are wading
pools for the little kids and another full sized pool. There is also a hockey
rink that is used both winter and summer. Under the watchful eye of the giant
T-Rex is a huge fountain built by the Rotary Club for the kids to play in, at
no cost. There are neighbor hood parks with tennis courts and picnic areas and
bike/walking trails throughout the town. I would say that the small town has
taken full advantage of the 400,000 some odd annual visitor’s that go through
the museum.
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