We got up this morning, refreshed and reconnected after our little incident, and we ate our breakfast from the cooler. We packed up, checked out, and hit the road.
We drove straight home, about 5 hours. We finished The Silver Chair and started The Magician's Nephew. Livy played games on her phone. It's lovely to be home, and I will probably be satified with my normal routine and not having any adventures for about 3 days. :)
The highlight of our trip was definitely Dinosaur World. The cave was wonderful, but we had been there before. Dinosaur World was a monumental surprise. Both of us thought it would be a dinky, cheesy, roadside attraction, and it turned out to be both ginormous and exciting. As we drove by it on our way out of town, Livy yelled out the window, "Goodbye, T-Rex! Goodbye, stegasaurus! You have such lovely skins!" That sounds weird, but really, it makes perfect sense.
We almost always see dinosaur bones. You get used to these creatures as skeletons, without flesh, without life, without skins. To see them all live-looking, with skins on, was a treat. Yes, we know that scientists don't have much idea what their skins look like (they do have some impressions left in dried mud), but even an educated guess at a whole, fleshy dinosaur made us happy.
Next adventure (the weekend and week before Thanksgiving) will be a trip down the Natchez Trace. No dinosaurs, but Indians, highwaymen, and Mississippi River traders will be great too.
