Shannon
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Shannon on Mar 5, 2017 4:47:31 GMT -5
My 21st is this coming Saturday, so when my mom asked me how I wanted to celebrate of course I said "I want to go look at rocks".. Had a nice time. Afterwards we went to Sam's Chowder House and stopped by World's Rare Plants to pick up a carnivorous plant to add to my collection Here's some of the finds:  Overall I got a couple pounds of agate, and a couple pounds of misc (jasper, quartzite, etc). Pretty ok for an hour's work. I'm not going to tumble most of the agates since I'm focusing on displaying them in their natural state.  ps. Here's the plant I got. It's a sundew. |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Mar 5, 2017 7:24:58 GMT -5
Nice rocks, but how do you only go rock hunting for an hour? I'm turnin 49 this week and I'm not mature enough to pull myself off the beach after just an hour.
Cool little plant. I hadn't heard of that one,
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Post by Peruano on Mar 5, 2017 7:42:12 GMT -5
Happy birthday. I used to call my mom and tell her thanks on my birthday. Perhaps you took yours' rock collecting.
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Shannon
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Post by Shannon on Mar 5, 2017 8:18:20 GMT -5
Nice rocks, but how do you only go rock hunting for an hour? I'm turnin 49 this week and I'm not mature enough to pull myself off the beach after just an hour. Cool little plant. I hadn't heard of that one, I don't like to keep my mother too long! ..Even if she's the one who insists on driving. She can't climb up and down the cliff like I can because she has some nerve damage in her leg. The area I hound in specifically has some really unpredictable tides/waves as well. Just better to not linger. And neither had I! It has sticky fluids on the ends of those hairs that attract gnats/flies/etc. When one lands on it the little tendrils curl up and digest it. I was hoping to get a pitcher plant originally but they were just coming out of dormancy so it was hard to determine which ones would do well. |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Mar 5, 2017 8:23:37 GMT -5
Do you have pictures of the beach? I'd love to see the area you hunt.
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Shannon
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Post by Shannon on Mar 5, 2017 8:32:22 GMT -5
Do you have pictures of the beach? I'd love to see the area you hunt. I took quite a few actually! My phone is dead though so give me a little bit to charge it and I'll get back to you. |
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Shannon
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Post by Shannon on Mar 5, 2017 8:46:46 GMT -5
Do you have pictures of the beach? I'd love to see the area you hunt.  Here's the view from one of the lower plateaus of the cliff you have to climb up and down for access. Just to the right are the stone "steps" etched into the rock face. The angle doesn't really do the height justice. |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 5, 2017 9:27:04 GMT -5
Very cool post! Reminds me of my college days. I used to take me a lunch and a fishing pole and go down there and study while I fished. Somehow my pocket often filled up with those little agate nodules too. *S*. Looks like you hit a pretty nice day. Seems I often got the cold and fog....Mel
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Post by Pat on Mar 5, 2017 10:48:09 GMT -5
What a lovely birthday! Happy Birthday. Nice rocks and pretty area.
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Post by toiv0 on Mar 5, 2017 11:13:56 GMT -5
Pretty cool, Looks like a nice area. We have native sundews, fly traps and pitcher plants. If you knew they would transplant ok I would be glad to ship some to you. When the pitcher plants bloom its pretty awesome.
Oh and happy bday, pretty nice rocks
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Post by Jugglerguy on Mar 5, 2017 11:32:16 GMT -5
That's a beautiful beach. I'm glad I asked for a picture. Thanks for posting it.
We have pitcher plants here in Michigan, but I don't know if we have any other carnivorous plants.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 5, 2017 12:15:56 GMT -5
What a great place to get away. You grabbed some nice nodules. Happy upcoming birthday.
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 5, 2017 12:41:54 GMT -5
Happy Birthday!!! I had my kids so young we are practically growing up together. I have to remind myself even at 44 that I'm not their age (28,22,17). They all pretty much rock hunt with me an as a mother I'm sure even that hour spending time with just you meant more to her than you know. Looks like a great place to play!!! My boys would be pulling me out of self made holes in the side of that cliff 😂😂😂 Great call on the rising tides. They can sneak up on you in minutes.
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Shannon
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Post by Shannon on Mar 5, 2017 14:07:46 GMT -5
Very cool post! Reminds me of my college days. I used to take me a lunch and a fishing pole and go down there and study while I fished. Somehow my pocket often filled up with those little agate nodules too. *S*. Looks like you hit a pretty nice day. Seems I often got the cold and fog....Mel I'm so clumsy that if I tried to study in that environment I'd probably be chasing papers flying in the wind! It actually was pouring rain on and off as we were driving to the beach funnily enough. And thanks everyone! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 5, 2017 14:14:40 GMT -5
Happy birthday! What a beautiful place to spend some time with mom rockhunting. Nice haul, too. |
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Erich
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Post by Erich on Mar 5, 2017 14:40:21 GMT -5
Happy Birthday! Ah, to be 21 again!! Where is the beach? Ca., Wa.?
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Shannon
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Post by Shannon on Mar 5, 2017 15:14:48 GMT -5
Happy Birthday! Ah, to be 21 again!! Where is the beach? Ca., Wa.? Pescadero is in California! The Half Moon Bay area specifically. |
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Post by tims on Mar 5, 2017 17:34:01 GMT -5
Neat little agates. My bucket list includes hounding on a beach and that one looks worthy of 2 buckets.
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Shannon
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Post by Shannon on Mar 5, 2017 18:22:14 GMT -5
Neat little agates. My bucket list includes hounding on a beach and that one looks worthy of 2 buckets. As a marine biology student and a rockhound I can attest that beach hounding is the absolute best  |
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