Post by ejs on Jan 3, 2009 0:11:38 GMT -5
Copied from the general rock tumbling board - please excuse this newbie if this violates a "no cross listing" policy - I really think I should have originally posted it here!
Thanks to the help and encouragement of many people on this board, I've really fallen hard for rock tumbling. I particularly like tumbling rock that I've found, but we don't have much out here in New Hampshire. My wife suggested that for my birthday we go on a trip to find/collect good tumbling rock. The trip would run over Memorial Day weekend 2009 and would involve me, my wife, and our 6 and 7 year old boys. We are all reasonably fit and enjoy walking/hiking, but have no experience out West and cannot do vigorous or extended hiking (1-2 hours at a time sounds about the tops). We would stay in a hotel or rent an RV as we have no experience (and little desire for) camping.
I would love to hear any and all suggestions for a place or places to visit. We would fly out on Friday afternoon, rock hound all day Saturday and Sunday (at one or multiple places) and then fly home on Monday. We should probably stay within the U.S. due to time constraints, but are certainly open to foreign travel if it can be completed within our time limits.
Thoughts? My only thought so far was to stay at the Woodward Ranch in Texas. Perhaps AZ? Or Utah? Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated! Our constraints include:
- must be within, say, 5-6 hours of flight time
- must be accessible to 6 and 7 year old boys plus their middle ages parents
- no dangerous or treacherous situations for the boys (within reason)
- must have a guarantee of success finding something worth tumbling. In particular, I would love to find colorful jaspers and/or agates
- the material found must be good for tumbling
Please help plan our first-ever rock hounding trip! I truly appreciate your help. I promise to share all decisions and results on this board.
Thanks to the help and encouragement of many people on this board, I've really fallen hard for rock tumbling. I particularly like tumbling rock that I've found, but we don't have much out here in New Hampshire. My wife suggested that for my birthday we go on a trip to find/collect good tumbling rock. The trip would run over Memorial Day weekend 2009 and would involve me, my wife, and our 6 and 7 year old boys. We are all reasonably fit and enjoy walking/hiking, but have no experience out West and cannot do vigorous or extended hiking (1-2 hours at a time sounds about the tops). We would stay in a hotel or rent an RV as we have no experience (and little desire for) camping.
I would love to hear any and all suggestions for a place or places to visit. We would fly out on Friday afternoon, rock hound all day Saturday and Sunday (at one or multiple places) and then fly home on Monday. We should probably stay within the U.S. due to time constraints, but are certainly open to foreign travel if it can be completed within our time limits.
Thoughts? My only thought so far was to stay at the Woodward Ranch in Texas. Perhaps AZ? Or Utah? Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated! Our constraints include:
- must be within, say, 5-6 hours of flight time
- must be accessible to 6 and 7 year old boys plus their middle ages parents
- no dangerous or treacherous situations for the boys (within reason)
- must have a guarantee of success finding something worth tumbling. In particular, I would love to find colorful jaspers and/or agates
- the material found must be good for tumbling
Please help plan our first-ever rock hounding trip! I truly appreciate your help. I promise to share all decisions and results on this board.
