TODAY, OUR FIRST OBJECTIVE WAS TO VISIT THE PEGADAS DOS DINOSSAURIOS (DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS) PARK. WE HEADED BACK UP THE ROAD WE'D COME IN FROM LISBON, THEN TURNED TOWARDS FATIMA AT MIRA DE AIRE. JUST BEFORE REACHING FATIMA, WE MADE THE TURN EAST TOWARDS THE PARK AND HAD LITTLE TROUBLE FINDING IT. AS BEFORE, BUSINESS WAS PRETTY SLOW AND WE WERE ABOUT THE ONLY TOURISTS THERE. THIS PARK HAS THE MOST EXTENSIVE GROUP OF PETRIFIED DINOSAUR PRINTS IN THE WORLD (FROM WHAT I READ), WITH SEVERAL SPECIES AND NUMEROUS "TRAILS" OF PRINTS. WE PAID OUR ENTRY FEE OF 3 EUROS EACH, AND AFTER A SHORT TREK UP HILL, AND AROUND THE EDGE OF THE "FLATS", WE DESCENDED DOWN TO THE FLATS. APPARENTLY, BACK IN THE DAYS OF DINOSAURS, THIS WAS A SORT OF TIDE POOL THAT THE
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