Saturday's Trip (lotsa pix)

We headed out yesterday morning towards the Saddle Mountain area. It was a perfect day, sunny and cool (I don't think it got over 80 degrees yesterday) and we had a lotta fun. We followed some dirt roads out behind Tonapah and ended up in the hills to the east of Saddle Mountain. Our first stop I hiked up the side of a hill and found a bunch of chalcedony, potential fire agate and crystal filled vugs weathering out of various outcroppings





A view of Saddle Mountain from where we hunted





One of the locals dropped by to say hi





We followed the road until we came to an area that was just littered with jasper and agate of ever hue imaginable. I was really knocked out by the quantity and quality of the material out there. All kinds of yellow, orange, red, and brown moss, nodules and biscuits. I'm still aching from all the rock I carried out of there. It was a good 'warm up' for the upcoming Burro Creek Blitz! ;D

Time to go





Here's what I picked up out there





First the chalcedonies, potential fire agates and crystal vugs














And the stuff we picked up further down the road



































A few random pieces














This is an area that definitely deserves repeat future visits. I hope you enjoyed the pics and as always, thanks for looking ;D