Thursday, August 21, 2008

finally made it to the river

Well the water was finally low enough to check the sandbars on the river. We had pretty good luck with honey agate and petrified wood but didn't find many fossils. I also found a couple bison bones. We managed to hit 5 sandbars wading the river. I found my biggest piece of honey agate I've ever found. I even found some smaller pieces that I think will make neat necklaces. I have been sorting through my rock collection to help hubby make his pond and waterfall look nice. I plan to put petrified wood on the sides of the waterfall. I have placed some slabs of different agates under the water falls and crystal geodes on the outer ledges. I will start taking pictures so you guys can see the progress. I haven't decided to part with my quartz crystals I was going to sell because I may need some for the waterfall. Its not the prettiest waterfall because hubby made it himself so I have to try and pretty it up. Well hopefully soon I will make it to the river again before the water starts getting too cold or we get more rain. I have pictures posted at my yahoo group of my finds (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/riverrockhounds/).