I've lived in Colorado for nine years and just today finally went to see the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. I've been wanting to go for so long, but just never really took the time to do so until now.

I picked up a friend early this morning and we made the two hour drive, which was only due to the morning rush hour traffic, to the park, which sits just a few minutes drive south of the small town of Florissant, Colorado.

Besides a handful of petrified tree stumps, there's n...