When I turn sixteen, I'm moving to California!
Y'see the day after Disneyland, Grumpy, Mom, Dad, Ollie and I went to this really amazing place called the La Brea Tar Pits in downtown Los Angeles. The place is so amazing because there have been thousands of ice age animals preserved here when they found themselves stuck in the natural tar pits that were all over the area (and still there today). There were mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers and dire wolves and ancient camels and all sorts of stuff.
My favourite part was watching the scientists in the lab sort through the matrix (that's the ground around the fossils) to look for tiny seeds, plant fossils and bones. Mom says that I stood and watched the scientists doing this for over an hour, but time just flew by. Later on, when we were on a tour of the tar pits, I learned that they really need volunteers to help sort through all the fossils that they are finding. The trouble is, you have to be sixteen. See you then! ~ Elliot
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