Camping, Kayaking and Fossil Hunting Adventures

 Another nice find on a cold morning!

 Golf balls, and antler and a bison skull. On almost every trip out no matter where I go I find a golf ball. Golf ball pollution is real folks!🤠

 

 After a bit of an absence due to a family emergency I managed to get out on the river for a couple of days. Yesterday I found my first bison skull of the year. This was found in western Iowa and just after the break up of the ice so the water was cold. I Kayak the rivers and during this time of the year I wear chest waders to insulate myself from the freezing water but it is sometimes a challenge with leaks. The videos of the bison skull recovery are in two parts because I had to put my phone down in order to dig it out of the river bed. At some point I am going to have to figure out a very light tripod or some similar way to focus my phone on a recovery.

 Spent the day doing some cleaning and organizing in the camper. Saying goodbye to some great neighbors tonight and headed to Oklahoma bright and early tomorrow morning. 

 Flashback Sunday. It’s a rainy and very windy day so I think it’s a good time to post a video of a find I made two years ago. Thinking this skull would have had a span of 26” if it wasn’t broken. The boney eye sockets also protrude further than most modern bison bison. Here’s to warmer days and some great bones this summer!