Unearthing Ancient Fossils: A Reflection on the Giants in My Life
Steven Veatch (noreply@blogger.com)
By Steven Wade Veatch I remember a scorching summer afternoon in 1992, when, with my new wife Shelly and mother-in-law Karen, I walked on a trail that meandered down the hill known as Cope’s Nipple—named after the 19th-century paleontologist who explored this site for dinosaur bones. People refer to the area as Garden Park, and it is located a few miles north of Cañon City, Colorado. With my mother-in-law in tow, I took the lead and attempted to be on my best behavior. She was visiting us from I