Connected to the Colorado National Monument is McInnis Canyon, a large high-desert canyon land that is also home to a stretch of the Colorado River.  This is not a national park with lovely, well-marked and -maintained trails and park rangers, but a rough, natural area.  For the seasoned hiker, there is a 14-mile trek into Rattlesnake Canyon where I am told natural rock arches abound.  Why anyone would venture into a place called Rattlesnake Canyon is beyond me, but I guess the call of rock arches is strong.

Nevertheless, we did venture along a short trail where quite a number of dinosaur fossils have been found. Allosaurus fossil:

And, of course, Theo managed to find a real-life dinosaur:

Jean