When seventeen-year-old Matty Weber agrees to escort Freddie Carter to Dinosaur National Monument in eastern Utah on a school trip, he encounters more than a quiet intellectual visit. They were supposed to be there to see one of the country's best dinosaur excavation sites, but instead, Matty immediately finds himself saving a young paleontology major from New Zealand. Amidst the chaos, Matty nearly misses his chance to score points with his dream girl Samantha Carter. Along the way he fights the raging waters of the Green River and intellectually duels with a general a Santa Claus look-alike. After almost losing Freddie, Matty temporarily loses himself in underground tunnels before reuniting with Samantha and friends and eventually wanders through waves of dinosaurs. Picking up where Matty and his friends left off in the Botheration series, Matty gets into all sorts of trouble on what was supposed to be just another ordinary day. Most importantly, though, he continues his quest to discover more about trust, develop new interpersonal skills, and be more social.