Color Bars

We checked out the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon. There’s an area called the Painted Hills. I’ve seen pictures of it in calendars, but this is the first time I’ve been here in person. The area has layers of different colored soils that show evidence of climate fluctuations over the eons. Once upon a time, this used to be a temperate forest. Now it’s high desert. I guess the only constant is change.

As the name suggests, there are also lots of fossils to study in the region. Dad ask why I would be interested in fossils since I’ve been traveling with one all summer. Boy, his attempts at self-deprecating humor always land as bad dad jokes.