Back to the Ice Age

One of the few attractions in Waco that we had not seen was the Waco Mammoth Site, so the kids and I decided to check it off our list before school started. While it is amazing that these enormous creatures once lived in the same area as we now live in, overall the experience was not worth the $20 I paid. I would recommend going to the air-conditioned Mayborn Museum to see the mammoth skeleton there.

The mammoths that lived in the Central Texas area were about 13 feet tall to their shoulders. The bow tied to this light pole is right at 13 feet, so you can see just how gigantic those animals really were!

We saw the excavation site of a female mammoth, a bull mammoth, a camel, and several unidentified animals. The female mammoth is in the picture above.

While the trip wasn't really worth the money, the time spent with my kiddos definitely was!