i first fell in love with fossils when i was about four years old. i picked up this small tooth down on my folks ranch. from then on, i just was so fascinated with fossils. i just couldn t stop. every day that the weather was good and every day that the weather was great that was on a weekend if we were going to school or in the summertime, dad would always say, let s go out rock hunting.
down on my folks ranch. from then on, i just was so fascinated with fossils. i just couldn t stop. every day that the weather was good and every day that the weather was great that was on a weekend if we were going to school or in the summertime, dad would always say, let s go out rock hunting. we ended up starting this little museum, and we d charge the adults in our family five cents. we had little displays where we set up the things that we had collected, and not just fossils and rocks, but also what we thought were antiques. we had this horrible hobby that started to captivate every part of our life. eventually i decided to really get into paleontology and so went to the south dakota school of mines and technology in rapid city. junior year, we went to the
down on my folks ranch. from then on, i just was so fascinated with fossils. i just couldn t stop. every day that the weather was good and every day that the weather was great that was on a weekend if we were going to school or in the summertime, dad would always say, let s go out rock hunting. we ended up starting this little museum, and we d charge the adults in our family five cents. we had little displays where we set up the things that we had collected, and not just fossils and rocks, but also what we thought were antiques. we had this horrible hobby that started to captivate every part of our life. eventually i decided to really get into paleontology and so went to the south dakota school of mines and technology in rapid city. junior year, we went to the tucson gem and mineral show and
was good and every day that the weather was great that was on a weekend if we were going to school or in the summertime, dad would always say, let s go out rock hunting. we ended up starting this little museum, and we d charge the adults in our family five cents. we had little displays where we set up the things that we had collected, and not just fossils and rocks, but also what we thought were antiques. we had this horrible hobby that started to captivate every part of our life. eventually i decided to really get into paleontology and so went to the south dakota school of mines and technology in rapid city. junior year, we went to the tucson gem and mineral show and really saw how specimens are purchased by museums and purchased by private collectors.
fossils when i was about four years old. i picked up this small tooth down on my folks ranch. from then on, i just was so fascinated with fossils. i just couldn t stop. every day that the weather was good and every day that the weather was great that was on a weekend if we were going to school or in the summertime, dad would always say, let s go out rock hunting. we ended up starting this little museum, and we d charge the adults in our family five cents. we had little displays where we set up the things that we had collected, and not just fossils and rocks, but also what we thought were antiques. we had this horrible hobby that started to captivate every part of our life. eventually i decided to really get into paleontology and so went to the south dakota school of mines and technology in rapid city.