La Brea Tar Pits - Show Us Your California

Hi friends,

This post is an entry into the weekly Show Us Your California contest hosted by @socalsteemit where we share an aspect of our California.

My son’s school class recently went on a field trip to a very cool place in the middle of Los Angeles - the La Brea Tar Pits!

These are natural tar pits that animals have got stuck and died in, and became fossilized. There are a number of significant historical finds, and they continue to be discovered even today. Archeologists are slowly going through a backlog of prehistoric fossils. There have been quite a few Woolly Mammoths found here, along with saber tooth tigers, giant land sloths, and dire-wolves - so crazy!

A fun thing to do in the middle of Los Angeles if you ever get the chance!

Thanks for coming by,
Brian