In August Congresssaurus Triceratops returned to his native Wyoming for a time, and so Stegosaurus decided to take a trip himself as he had not left his home for a while. He decided upon visiting Washington DC, because he had heard that his home at the Smithsonian Institution was reopened there. Newly renovated courtesy of the Koch Brothers.

"I'm pleased to stomp there for the first time since the museum closed my home for renovation in 2014," said Stegosaurus.

"The mammals have updated their science which is to be expected; they've learned a lot about us in the last 40 or 50 years. Or, maybe it was the last few weeks. It wasn't that long ago. I am however still kind of disappointed to find that I don't have feathers yet. That was something I really had my heart set upon, but the time has not yet arrived. Nonetheless, I found all my friends to be very much more active in their general manner than I had remembered from previous visits."

"I was able to sneak by Tyrannosaurus Rex as he was occupied with Triceratops, ( I was sure Triceratops had gone to Wyoming, but I didn't stop to ask ... it looked like a bad time. ) I also knew that I had to keep a wary eye out for Ceratosaurus, a meat eating theropod with a demeanor and appetite very similar to my brother Allosaurus. Indeed, instead of greeting me in a civil manner like most of my herbivore friends do, he sneakily tried to eat me. So I taught him a lesson, fortunately I was quick and knocked him down with my cool, spiky tail. Now he will think twice before attacking me again!"

"All in all, the Koch Brothers have done a fine job with my new home; and it isn't just my Mesozoic contemporaries that I get to visit with: as before my friends from the Pleistocene are there too. I heartily encourage you to visit and learn from my newly renovated home. I frequently come to museums to make a few extra dollars. It is easy work as long as you don't mind standing still for long periods of time and pretending to be extinct. Won't you visit? I'd love to see you."



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