Roarlando

While on my spring geology trip i came across a tiny dinosaur. His name is Roarlando (kind of like Orlando, but not)(it's because he roars and likes to go o'er land...o). So i decided to bring him along with me on my trip. He loves when i take pictures of him, so i decided to add a page to my blog that's totally dedicated to pictures of him and all the places he's gone.

this is where i found him- buried deep down on the side of a 2 foot stratafied sand dune.

he looked a little bony, so after i unburied him i took him to a diner and shared an ice cream cone with him.

who knew such a tiny dinosaur could eat so much ice cream

he wanted to obey what the cone said and "eat it all", but i had to draw the line somewhere. he's not very systematic in his eating patterns.

after all that sugar, he felt like the king of the world. it was rather difficult to tame this tiny-tyrranysaurus-gone-godzilla, but eventually i got him back in my pocket.

Since i was on a geology roadtrip when i found him, i decided to bring him along with me to all the places i was going. So here are a bunch of pictures from that. They aren't necessarily in order.

The beauty of Delicate Arch in Arches National Park blew him over... literally.

here he is at the green river overlook.

Double Arch, at Arches Nat'l Park

Grand View Point

Monument Valley. apparently he's immune to barbed wire.

Grand Canyon

Wupatki Indian Ruins

Checkerboard Mesa, Zion Nat'l Park

this is from Fossil Butte. 'Lando wanted me to take a picture of him next to his sign. we had a bit of a hard time finding it though, Roarlando could've sworn it was around the year BC 4,000.

Roarlando told me that this guy offered to teach him how to swim once. But Roarlando didnt think that sounded very fun. Especially considering this guy was 13 ft. long at the time.

Landscape Arch, Arches Nat'l Park

he had a blast on Tatiana's earings.

No matter where we went, we never found a restroom for dinosaurs.

Sometimes i felt kind of strange having such a tiny non-human friend. But then i found out that the park service has one too! Only Roarlando is a way cooler name than Cryptobiotic Soil. And at least mine i can take with me when i go places.

I almost thought that these signs meant that i couldnt take Roarlando with me on the trails. But then i realized that it meant no pets, and Roarlando is not a pet. he's a dinosaur :)

clearly they missed one rather important reptile.

Apparently, old hotels used to use tar soap. But Roarlando told me that he once had a friend who tried to bathe in tar and it didnt turn out so good. but then again, he is now a part of the Smithsonian Institute, so hey, who can say whether that was a good or bad decision on his part :)

On my way home from school i stopped for gas in Buford Wyoming. when i saw this sign i knew i had to get a picture.

we were in Missouri recently, and we stopped by the Smallin Civil War cave. this sign looked like fun. ... or at least close to it ;)