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Back to the canine clue. Did you guess what we did yet? All right, so it wasn't a very comprehensive clue. But I bet you can guess it was something with Grandpa G, seeing as though that's his resident canine and all. Well here you have it. I'm sure the suspense has been unbearable.
Water levels are down around here.Way down!
So Grandpa suggested that we take a little field trip to the local reservoir to explore all of the area that would normally be underwater.
This was the view from the water's edge, looking back to the tree line where the edge of the water would be typically!
Grandpa suspected that we could find fossils and all kinds of other interesting things.
He was right! 
Younger Brother jumped a mile when he peered into a fresh water mussel shell and realized there was something in there!
Penny C looked like a lone wolf wandering in the wilderness. :)
That is, until her BFF showed her how to go for a proper romp in the water!
We found this super cool Gastropod fossil.
And that we weren't the only ones convening on the vast mud flat. 
I had to adjust the brightness on this image because it was a bit dark, but I did not enhance the blue at all!
And this one is 100% straight out of my camera.The sky was gorgeous!
We even discovered the remnants of what used to be a house!
If you look closely you can see the other end of the foundation as well.
And inside it, all kinds of cool stuff.
Our exploration also yielded a somewhat darker discovery.
Uhhhhh, Honey??
Upon evaluation, the consensus was that they probably belonged to a larger animal of some sort.
This whole area was farmland until the last 50 or 60 years when the reservoir was established. So we were probably standing where someones farm used to be.
On a related note, we spotted these on the walk back out.
We even discovered the remnants of what used to be a house!If you look closely you can see the other end of the foundation as well.
And inside it, all kinds of cool stuff.Sis found the first piece of some sort of old pot.
We found more just like it, as well as some of a different color, old pipe, and the bottom of an iron!
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Our exploration also yielded a somewhat darker discovery.No, not that raccoons have passed this way...though they have.
But this....
Uhhhhh, Honey??Um, there is a debris field of sawed off bones over here!!!
They were mostly in this one spot, and the rest were scattered in about a 15ft radius.
We were officially creeped out.
This reservoir has had a history of revealing unsettling things, and the bones had obviously been cut, which made it even creepier.
J got on the phone with his "connections" to run the discovery past someone who could say for sure what they had come from.
J got on the phone with his "connections" to run the discovery past someone who could say for sure what they had come from.
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Upon evaluation, the consensus was that they probably belonged to a larger animal of some sort.Phew!
I was really hoping that our fossil hunting field trip was not going to turn into a lesson in forensics!
Nevertheless, they were sectioning off the area when we left, because (according to J), they have to be sure.
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This whole area was farmland until the last 50 or 60 years when the reservoir was established. So we were probably standing where someones farm used to be.On a related note, we spotted these on the walk back out.
When the land was cleared, the trees were cut down, but the stumps were never removed.
How'd you like to hit one of those with your boat motor?!
The kids had a great time exploring,
and had the filthy feet to show for it!
And here's the collection of our favorite things that we brought home with us.
The kids had a great time exploring,
and had the filthy feet to show for it!
And here's the collection of our favorite things that we brought home with us.-the iron
-the Gastropod fossil
-the light and dark pieces of pots
-a Zebra Mussel shell
-and the shell of an Asiatic Snail
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Thanks, Grandpa G!
They're still talking about their adventure!
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