{"id":1675,"date":"2013-06-22T13:29:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T13:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2023-06-03T20:10:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T20:10:41","slug":"museum-of-the-rockies-in-bozeman-mt-cool-dinosaurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=1675","title":{"rendered":"Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, MT &#8211; cool dinosaurs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent a day and travelled up to Bozeman, MT.\u00a0 It&#8217;s about 90 miles and took us over 2 hours to get there, all was through beautiful country!<\/p>\n<p>We went to the Museum of the Rockies, which is run by the Univ. of Montana, Bozeman.\u00a0 It was a really good trip.\u00a0 They have a planetarium and we saw a show called &#8220;The Big Sky Tonight&#8221; which showed where the stars and constellations would be tonight.\u00a0 That was good cause it was real cloudy by that night&#8230;we haven&#8217;t had many clear nights so we haven&#8217;t seen many stars while in MT!<\/p>\n<p>We then walked through the dinosaur section of the museum with a docent.\u00a0 They have a lot of really cool exhibits.\u00a0 Here are a few pictures below.<\/p>\n<p>And, while in Bozeman we stopped at the Walmart to pick up\u00a0a few supplies.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to believe for a city girl like me, but that&#8217;s the nearest Walmart to where we&#8217;re staying (it&#8217;s 90 miles away!)\u00a0 LOL<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped>.rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bSpinner{\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 50px auto;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50px;\r\n\t\t\t\theight: 40px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bSpinner > div{\r\n\t\t\t  background-color: #333;\r\n\t\t\t  height: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t  width: 6px;\r\n\t\t\t  display: inline-block;\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation: rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58b-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\r\n\t\t\t  animation: rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58b-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bSpinner .rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bRect2 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -1.1s;\r\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -1.1s;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bSpinner .rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bRect3 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -1.0s;\r\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -1.0s;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bSpinner .rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bRect4 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -0.9s;\r\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -0.9s;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bSpinner .rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bRect5 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -0.8s;\r\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -0.8s;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t@-webkit-keyframes rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58b-stretchdelay {\r\n\t\t\t  0%, 40%, 100% { -webkit-transform: scaleY(0.4) }  \r\n\t\t\t  20% { -webkit-transform: scaleY(1.0) }\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t@keyframes rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58b-stretchdelay {\r\n\t\t\t  0%, 40%, 100% { \r\n\t\t\t    transform: scaleY(0.4);\r\n\t\t\t    -webkit-transform: scaleY(0.4);\r\n\t\t\t  }  20% { \r\n\t\t\t    transform: scaleY(1.0);\r\n\t\t\t    -webkit-transform: scaleY(1.0);\r\n\t\t\t  }\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t<\/style><div class=\"robo-gallery-wrap robo-gallery-wrap-id7683 robo-gallery-grid\" ><div id=\"rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58b-block-loader\" class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bSpinner\"><div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bRect1\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bRect2\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bRect3\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bRect4\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58bRect5\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"robo_gallery_main_block_rbs_gallery_69e5b0ecaf58b\" class=\"robogallery-gallery-7683\" style=\"width:100%; 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