Post by Sabre52 on Nov 25, 2011 20:20:06 GMT -5
Howdy folks,
Well, day after turkey day and we all have full bellies so my fun for the day was taking out another batch of ranch kids and parents for a fossil and archeology field trip. Quite a range of ages this year as three generations were present, probably from about seven to seventy.
Anyway First we gathered at the old stone house for a little lecture on what o hunt for. In the pics, I'm the big doofus in the red checked shirt. Every time I see myself in a pic, I'm still astounded at how old I look *L*.
Showing off some Amerind tools and explaining how they were made. Teen gals often get a little bored until they get to the free jewelry part of the trip *L*
The caravan just arrived at the fossil bed with me leading the march: Another beautiful Texas day but a bit cool.
Gathered on the 100 million year old sea bottom:
One of the boys has made a good find, a really large gastropod steinkern:
His treasure partly uncovered:
The gravel pit site with all the kids digging out fossil clams, oysters and sea urchins:
And finally, as a wrap up, everyone gets to pick out a bag of tumbled stones, tumbled slab pendants ( Bikerrandy style) for the girls and fossil shark tooth pendants for the boys.
Got to jabber about rocks and fossils and such for two hours, I were in hog heaven.....Mel
Well, day after turkey day and we all have full bellies so my fun for the day was taking out another batch of ranch kids and parents for a fossil and archeology field trip. Quite a range of ages this year as three generations were present, probably from about seven to seventy.
Anyway First we gathered at the old stone house for a little lecture on what o hunt for. In the pics, I'm the big doofus in the red checked shirt. Every time I see myself in a pic, I'm still astounded at how old I look *L*.
Showing off some Amerind tools and explaining how they were made. Teen gals often get a little bored until they get to the free jewelry part of the trip *L*
The caravan just arrived at the fossil bed with me leading the march: Another beautiful Texas day but a bit cool.
Gathered on the 100 million year old sea bottom:
One of the boys has made a good find, a really large gastropod steinkern:
His treasure partly uncovered:
The gravel pit site with all the kids digging out fossil clams, oysters and sea urchins:
And finally, as a wrap up, everyone gets to pick out a bag of tumbled stones, tumbled slab pendants ( Bikerrandy style) for the girls and fossil shark tooth pendants for the boys.
Got to jabber about rocks and fossils and such for two hours, I were in hog heaven.....Mel
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