We had lunch at a very authentic Mexican restaurant. It was very fun.
After lunch the Heppner family headed off to San Diego and we headed North towards Quartsite in search of the Geode.
We found that Quartsite is not exactly where we wanted to be to find rocks ourselves. They are more a place to buy rocks someone else has found. But we did get directions on some places and a bit more Internet research got us a few more places too try.
We drove a half hour West and came to a town called Blythe where we spent the night. In the morning we went on the search. We drove an hour into the wilderness, down crazy desert paths to find the geode beds. There we started the dig. We found sited that other rock hounds had been searching and dug in similar places. We came back with a few really nice pieces.
On the drive we passed a cotton field and stopped to look and pick us some cotton.
We learned how much hard work it is to pick cotton by hand. How hard it must have been for all the people who have worked these fields in the past.
This is a bale of cotton picked by a big cotton combine.
We found that Quartsite is not exactly where we wanted to be to find rocks ourselves. They are more a place to buy rocks someone else has found. But we did get directions on some places and a bit more Internet research got us a few more places too try.
We drove a half hour West and came to a town called Blythe where we spent the night. In the morning we went on the search. We drove an hour into the wilderness, down crazy desert paths to find the geode beds. There we started the dig. We found sited that other rock hounds had been searching and dug in similar places. We came back with a few really nice pieces.
On the drive we passed a cotton field and stopped to look and pick us some cotton.
We learned how much hard work it is to pick cotton by hand. How hard it must have been for all the people who have worked these fields in the past.
This is a bale of cotton picked by a big cotton combine.
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So cool you guys. Glad to be a part of your holiday. Thanks for the updates.
I thought you were going to say you had picked all that cotton ,Ha ha why the jackets is it cold there this year?
Today (Dec.15) was the first day that is was warm enough to not have to wear a jacket. I think the weather is slowly going to improve in the next week. We keep telling ourselves that it is still nicer than in Mb.
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