|
Post by knave on Jul 8, 2020 0:18:11 GMT -5
That’s true, I’ve had worse and seen worse. Ughhh I’m posting late again and saying Less than tactful things again. RWA3006, thanks for the prime photos of some great rockhounding and wildlife.
|
|
kyoti
has rocks in the head
Member since June 2020
Posts: 542
|
Post by kyoti on Jul 8, 2020 7:30:08 GMT -5
Great photos! I loved the little horned toad. We don't see them around here anymore. The hare photos are cool. Do her superpowers work on jackalopes too? Those were nice stones you found. Isn't petrified wood neat? Sometimes it looks like something that fell from a tree yesterday and yet it's something that lived millions of years before we were even around.
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 8:07:06 GMT -5
Couple of petrified turtles.
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 8:16:06 GMT -5
Stump casts, all encased in thick algae.
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 8:19:14 GMT -5
Another horny toad. Can you tell which one?
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 8:22:32 GMT -5
Wandering vagabond in the lone and dreary wilderness.
|
|
|
Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 8, 2020 8:27:34 GMT -5
Thanks for all the excellent pictures! Love the pictures of the horny toads and hares, and of course your wife and you!
|
|
|
Post by woodman on Jul 8, 2020 8:51:36 GMT -5
Stump casts, all encased in thick algae. Would that be algae or would that be lichens? just wondering!
|
|
|
Post by orrum on Jul 8, 2020 9:05:17 GMT -5
Great trip. Love the pics and thanks for posting!!!
|
|
|
Post by miket on Jul 8, 2020 9:21:25 GMT -5
Very cool, thanks for taking us along! I spent a lot of time fishing in Wyoming as a kid and even into adulthood, mostly in the Saratoga area. Now I've heard there's Fairburns in that area around Manville. Too bad I wasn't into rocks back then, I may need to head that way again some day.
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 9:34:49 GMT -5
Stump casts, all encased in thick algae. Would that be algae or would that be lichens? just wondering! Bob, those are lichens on top of a few inches of petrified algae.
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 10:52:30 GMT -5
Here's the largest stump cast encased in petrified algae we've found.
|
|
|
Post by woodman on Jul 8, 2020 12:51:49 GMT -5
Would that be algae or would that be lichens? just wondering! Bob, those are lichens on top of a few inches of petrified algae. Thanks for the further information, I would love to be there with you!!!
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 13:44:35 GMT -5
Anyone going there should be prepped for any weather. High altitude and fast changing weather is typical. The Wyoming wind can be described as "eternal."
|
|
|
Post by miket on Jul 8, 2020 14:28:22 GMT -5
Anyone going there should be prepped for any weather. High altitude and fast changing weather is typical. The Wyoming wind can be described as "eternal." This is true. But I've always found parts of Wyoming to be beautiful. I'm weird, I know...
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 14:41:15 GMT -5
Most folks are only familiar with the I-80 corridor which is blah for most tastes. Many other parts are stunningly beautiful.
|
|
victor1941
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since November 2011
Posts: 1,959
|
Post by victor1941 on Jul 8, 2020 14:55:27 GMT -5
Excellent pictures. At least horny toads still have a place that's not being built out like the Austin, Texas area.
|
|
gemfeller
Cave Dweller
Member since June 2011
Posts: 3,732
|
Post by gemfeller on Jul 8, 2020 15:09:43 GMT -5
Anyone going there should be prepped for any weather. High altitude and fast changing weather is typical. The Wyoming wind can be described as "eternal." Thanks for the vicarious adventure. I love Wyoming - I was raised in east Idaho and spent my early rockhunting years searching for Wyoming jade, Sweetwater agates and anything else I could find. I'd love to go back and hunt new areas but physical infirmities make that an unchecked item on my Bucket List. I'll never forget being caught in one terrible blizzard. I barely made it to Little America for food and warm shelter.
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 15:57:31 GMT -5
Crown vetch in the middle of nowhere.
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
|
Post by RWA3006 on Jul 8, 2020 17:01:27 GMT -5
The petrified algae here is abundant and shot full of common op al. Sometimes orange calcite crystals have replaced the core of the log which in turn is entombed in thick petrified algae.
|
|