Denver's dinosaur ridge

I left out the tourist attraction of Dinosaur Ridge in my Moon Denver guidebook because I just never take anyone there. I'm still on the fence about it adding it to my next edition. I took my daughter there this month because it was on our way home from a hike in the foothills and she has developed an interest in dinosaurs. On a weekday, the parking lot was full and business was booming inside the gift shop and new exhibit. We took the $3 guided tour rather than walk up the steep hillside to see the dinosaur footprints, dinosaur bones (not like what you see in a museum at all, just smooth surfaces imbedded in rock) and such. Personally, I love learning about the history of the rocks and the land but the gift shop is turnoff. The new exhibit looks pretty good, like a mini-Denver Museum of Nature & Science. I can't imagine doing that on a hot day or being self-guided ever given how subtle the remains are. It was as much a history of man's follies with such artifacts as anything else. Hmmm, any comments on this one?