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Post by rocklicker on Nov 12, 2007 3:20:42 GMT -5
By the way, Sheri and Dee, I'll send you your Burro Creek trip bags as soon as I have time to work on them. I need your addy Dee too. To anyone else there who didn't get a collecting bag and wants one, let me know. I have lots of cloth still and can make more!
Steve
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 12, 2007 11:08:50 GMT -5
Fantastic trip report Steve! Beautiful country out there and man some of those boulders you guys found were huge. I guess some of them are pretty big to saw but I still wanna see what's inside them......Mel
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Post by Tonyterner on Nov 12, 2007 13:06:50 GMT -5
Dang rocklicker you sent home 19 FRB's!!!! Holy dead cow agate! Great pics by the way. Thanks.
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Post by AGATEGRRRL on Nov 12, 2007 19:39:19 GMT -5
hey beef!
Yes, that is me on the right in Jamie's photo. I wound up leaving Saturday afternoon to get back for a meeting on Sunday, & I also have bad night vision, so I wanted to go while there was still daylight. I wish I could have stayed longer & met everyone, but I had to go. The other lady in the picture is my friend Barbara who came to meet me from L.A. She also had to leave on Saturday because she had things to do on Sunday too. Everyone that we met was really nice - a great bunch of people! I mostly spend my time with my buddy though, as we don't get to see each other very often. The first night there we kept everyone up with our giggling & people thought we had a small Chihuahua in our tent because of the noise we were making! Anyway, I'm sorry I missed meeting you & everyone else, hopefully we'll meet another time soon.
Patti
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 13, 2007 0:18:21 GMT -5
Steve, great report, now I want to go back there and go to that place too!
I also wish I could figure out where I picked up the beautiful purple one.
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Post by deedolce on Nov 13, 2007 0:51:30 GMT -5
Oh boy! Steve, I'll pm you. I had borrowed Stoner's bag, and he's making me give it back. lol!
I'm sorry we missed each other Patti. And thanks again for the agates!! I
It was such a fun time. Next time, Steve, you and Brian will have to lead a group to your 'Dead Cow' agate field!
~Dee
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Post by rallyrocks on Nov 13, 2007 10:16:05 GMT -5
Wow that sure was a FUN trip!
I just got back last night about 11:00, since I stayed down in Laughlin for the Rally this last weekend, although the drive down was only about 650 miles, by the time I drove the rally course twice (once to set up arrows and banner off side roads, then again as lead car on the event) I logged a little over 2,000 miles on the old subie by the time I got home last night.
The rth meet was everything I expected and more, it was so great to put faces and personalities to the names and words I only knew through the message board, and man what a fantastic collecting location! Its great to see that some of the elusive purple stuff was found too!
Our campground host James got dragged out to man a road blockage for the rally on Friday, I don't know quite what he was expecting but I have to imagine he got a kick out of seeing these fire-belching turbo-charged monsters blasting by at 70+ mph on those tight, twisty and rough desert roads.
it will take a couple of days for stuff to shake down for me, but I'll post some more pictures soon.....
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Post by rocklicker on Nov 13, 2007 15:14:00 GMT -5
Ha ha! Yeah, I got to look on a map and see where the dead cow spot was. Maybe Brian remembers. I'm going to look for Patti, but I think it's just up the road from where Pup and everyone was looking. Man, if AZ wasn't such a drive for me I'd be back there this weekend, with another stop up at that amazing burro creek area. Man that trip was a blast.
Rally, sounds like you had just as much fun after the trip in your car as you did on the trip. I can just imagine you tearing around the desert but keeping a watchful eye for agates ;D.
Steve
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Post by rallyrocks on Nov 13, 2007 15:42:57 GMT -5
Yeah its kind of funny, I'll pull up to a start control a few minutes before schedule, check in with everyone to make sure they are ready then start scanning the ground and grabbing a piece here and there to stick in my pockets, before I launch out on my way to the next control...
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Post by snowdog on Nov 13, 2007 18:54:39 GMT -5
;D ;D--- don't think I can add much more to what's already been said , except it was " FUN<FUN<FUN " ;D ;D------ "Thanks Jamie & Rodney! " ( and everyone else too! ) ------- was great meeting everyone and all the great conversations ! ( even had one who swore she had a film of the "Phoenix lights" that I didn't get to see  but did capture this little guy landing ! )  then after a little whispering I saw him get right on the wheels and saw !    he also found the "youngest & the oldest " in the group !  --------Thanks, everyone for the memories!! ;D------------ |
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Post by sandsman1 on Nov 13, 2007 22:14:44 GMT -5
haha great pics all -- glad you got home ok snowdog was wondering where you got to -- next time we all do this im bringin a wagon haha i dont wanna miss any rock hounding -- im still recouperating i havent even unpacked the truck yet ---- hey did i say thanks for the great time yet to rodney and jamie cause it was a blast -- and it was alotta fun to finaly get to meet everyone i been talkin to for the last few years here haha
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Post by midnightrocksi3 on Nov 13, 2007 22:32:08 GMT -5
 OMG SNOWDOG!!! LOL.. First off.. let me say " it's about time!" and did you have to post the pic of me secretly whispering to the green guy???  ... I mean that's not really me.. that's my stunt double.. my evil clone.. Cuz I don't normally look like that.. I just sorta morph into that rock creature.. I'm really 29 , 5'11 and only weigh 120  lol .. Oh hey , it's a shame about that tape tho..... who's to say it was for a reason you didn't get to see it? I mean.. You want proof... and you want the truth right? .... well what if you can't handle the truth huh? lol.. besides couldn't take the risk of CIA showing up or those men in black and ruining the entire rock trip with their little flashy light thingy's , now could I? .. lol Besides you got enough rare footage caught on film with the pics you have right there.. ;D  .. lol.. so smile and be happy Snowdog Dave.. Readya later.. ;D Roxy
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 14, 2007 0:12:26 GMT -5
Steve, I tried to find you and felt terrible about it when you didn't get out with us that day! Which makes it even better that you found this great site. Like you, I just wish I could go back next weekend.
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Post by deb193redux on Nov 14, 2007 14:10:46 GMT -5
Hey, I would go back next weekend!
Sad to report, my FRBs were in my living room for a few days, but I just moved them (unopened!!) to my storage shed with the rest of my rock stuff. I guess I can look forward to the thril of opening them up down the road when I get set up again, but that is small compensation.
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Post by rocklicker on Nov 14, 2007 18:44:11 GMT -5
Glad you made it back snowdog! Those pictures are great! I didn't even see that little guy doing all that. Ed, watch out, there's a new master cabber trying to move in! He may be short and have a funny hat but he looks at home in front of that machine!
Pup, what kind of stuff did you find that day? I am pretty sure you were just up the road, and I imagine it's the same stuff, minus the dead cow.
Steve
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 14, 2007 19:49:17 GMT -5
Steve, some seems to be jasper throughout, other has surface color but is white inside -- it was a pretty weird day with everybody rejecting agate. There were a lot of thin pieces like the jasper layer eroded out of whatever. I cut across one piece and it has really pretty color/pattern. It's in my cut photos from the weekend. Another one Stoner broke off the end at the campground and it was beautiful -- he kept the piece to cab. I sliced it the other day and of course it is REALLY pretty sliced as opposed to broken. That big brown rock with the yellow specks inside looks pretty cool but it is so huge it will be a while till I can figure out how to get deeper into it. Evidently we were further in that you were, since you said you didn't ford the creek.
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Post by agatemaggot on Nov 15, 2007 20:39:02 GMT -5
I would like to thank Jamie , Tony , and all the rest of the kind, generous and thoughtful people that were involved in putting together the great box of Agate I found sitting on my front portch when I got home from a really nasty day in the blacksmith shop.
That box was so full that when I spotted it just before I pulled into the drive, It looked like a big blue marshmallow someone left there. It was actually ROUNDED ! The wife spotted the blue and white Breciated appearing one and made the statement, that's the first one in the saw !!!
You guys are the greatest !!!!!
Harley / Agatemaggot
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Post by deb193redux on Nov 15, 2007 22:31:22 GMT -5
I saw lots of folks working on boxes but Tony/Catmandew went above and beyond. He was the box dynamo.
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Post by midnightrocksi3 on Nov 15, 2007 22:56:33 GMT -5
Yuppers I'd have to agree.. Ya know I didn't know what they were doing with all them boxes , all I know was it looked like christmas, and I was wishing I was getting a box myself.. lol But anyways.. Hey has anyone seen skipper and his pics yet? or did him and snowdog take off in search of gold lol . I'm curious to how his pics turned out.. after all he was the head of the whole picture diary thing right? OOOhhh SKipper!!! where are those pics?? *smiles*
Roxy
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Post by rocklicker on Nov 16, 2007 14:01:11 GMT -5
Harley, that must have been one of the boxes Tony packed! They were packed tight! The man sure knows pack a FRB. Roxy, Jeff''s back in good ol Calgary. I got a PM from him recently. I too am looking forward to those photos. I bet he got some great shots. Steve BTW, here's one I forgot to post earlier. This was what our front door looked like the Friday after I got back. They all came at once! 485 pounds of agate-ey fun!  |
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but did capture this little guy landing ! )
OMG SNOWDOG!!! LOL.. First off.. let me say " it's about time!" and did you have to post the pic of me secretly whispering to the green guy??? 
... I mean that's not really me.. that's my stunt double.. my evil clone.. Cuz I don't normally look like that.. I just sorta morph into that rock creature.. I'm really 29 , 5'11 and only weigh 120 
lol .. Oh hey , it's a shame about that tape tho..... who's to say it was for a reason you didn't get to see it? I mean.. You want proof... and you want the truth right? .... well what if you can't handle the truth huh? lol..
.. lol.. so smile and be happy Snowdog Dave.. 
