rbush
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since February 2008
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Post by rbush on Jul 9, 2010 10:27:31 GMT -5
It's been a very long time since I posted any trip pictures, but weather and other stuff kept us home for most of the Spring. I hope this will all change now that the rain has quit. We did take a short trip to look for quartz crystals in NW Utah a few weeks ago, and the weather started out great. But there were these two guards at the gate. Then after we got through the gate THIS rolled in (the storm, not the big rock) and chased us out. It got pretty ugly, fast, with wind , lightning, and heavy rain. So we had to wait until this last week to get in our first real rock trip of the year. We joined our local club in a trip to Salina, Utah. I'll try not to interrupt the pictures with too much commentary. Looking from our camp to the mountains (our trip leader's camp in the foreground). The Oaks in front of our trailer. Taking a break with 2 of my friends. Directly behind our trailer. Salina Canyon. Bobby waiting while I pick up a few rocks. Southeast of Salina, in the Last Chance Ranch area. Me, gathering a little agate at Last Chance in my new slimmed down, 41 lbs lighter configuration. My friend Ray, making his way up the trail in the middle of all this beautiful scenery. At this point, I think i should stop and continue this in Pt2.
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Post by Bejewelme on Jul 10, 2010 9:03:56 GMT -5
Beautiful!!!!
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Post by Tonyterner on Jul 10, 2010 22:53:03 GMT -5
Its so beautiful in that part of Utah. Thanks for the pics. So where are the pics of the rocks?
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Post by Woodyrock on Jul 10, 2010 23:42:46 GMT -5
Last Chance Ranch area just has to be one of the best hounding places in Utah. On our trip in April/May this year that was going to be our first stop, but it had rained hard the day before we got there, so we went on to Green river area, and then on our way back two weeks later, the Last Chance Ranch area had flash flood warnings so, we headed west. It will probably be our first stop in Utah when we come back down in September.
Like Tony says. Where arte the rock shots? Woody
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rbush
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since February 2008
Posts: 116
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Post by rbush on Jul 11, 2010 10:16:04 GMT -5
Rock pics coming later today, I got dragged to my Mom's family reunion yesterday. We didn't get home till 10PM last night. We did have a great visit though. I took some of our finds with us and that convinced one of my cousins to join our local rock club.
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