For much of my life I was only someone with an interest in paleontology, until 2016 when I found a Calamites fossil while hiking. At that moment I officially became an actual paleontologist, consummating (metaphorically) a lifelong love of dinosaurs.
Other paleontologic highlights:
- Watching Jurrasic Park dozens of time as a child and man-child
- Visiting the Museum of Natural History in NYC
- Seeing Sue at her home in the Field Museum
- Visiting the Siebel Dinosaur Complex at the Museum of the Rockies