First Impressions of the 2015 Field Season, by our Field Assistant and Intern

The Bighorn Basin Dinosaur Project field season 2015 is officially underway, and describing the atmosphere around camp as excited would be an understatement. Will Brandenberger here, and I'm going to fill you in on what has taken place here at the YBRA so far. We have a massive crew this year, and everyone safely arrived at basecamp despite the treacherous mountain road. After introductions, first impressions and multiple milkshakes from the Red Box Car we finally got settled into our cabins. You can really feel the history in this place, and I for one feel as if i'm walking in the footsteps of giants (both people and dinosaurs). To be in a place where so many famous scientists have studied is really profound, and I feel blessed to be sharing it with a crew as passionate about paleontology as myself. It is about an hours drive from our basecamp to the head of the box canyon we call Johnsonops Hill. It is here that we will be doing most of our field work. The scorched sandstone cliffs and bentonite buttes are a far cry from the swampy delta our dinosaurs called home, and seeing this dramatic shift in landscape makes me happy to call such an interesting place as planet Earth my home. We are joined this year by the founders and operators of Experiment.com, and we couldn't be more happy to have them with us. Without their hard work and support we would not be where we are today.

T. rex

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