Paul and Corinne's Southwest Adventure

Dinosaur Footprint. One day, millions of years ago, dinosaurs came to this swampy place to feed. They
drank water, ate food, chased each other, defecated, and engaged in all sorts of typical dinosaur behaviors
appropriate to their various species. The pterodactyls flew (and landed). The velociraptors raced. Then, some
huge cataclysmic event occurred, which covered the area in ash and preserved the muddy landscape perfectly in
stone. Now, that swamp is in the desert on Navajo land, and you can walk around and look at the literally hundreds
of dinosaur tracks, while a local guide (who works for tips and donations) explains what he heard the scientists say.
Usually, he more or less knows what he's talking about, though sometimes he skimps on details that we really want to hear.
This is a velociraptor footprint, with Corinne's hand for scale.

The amazing thing was that there were no ropes, no off-limits signs, no thing. He showed us pieces of fossilized coral
that reminded us how, in a different geological age, this desert had also been at the bottom of the ocean, and he gave
us pieces to take home. Very unmuseumlike.