Day two arrived bright and early, daylight arrived at about 5:00am. I am an early riser and it didn’t take long to scrounge up a breadfast, roust out Jerry and head down the road. We spent the day hiking the hills and dodging rain showers.
Jerry found an interesting petrified log to work on, and returned later in the day to add it to his collection.
Starting to dig up a nice log.
We also found a spot with some nice fossil reeds and leaves.
A nice combination of reed and leaf.
We hiked the hills and were lucky to find some nice agate float, as well as another half buried log. I decided to work on it for a little while, but only got a few small pieces worth keeping.
This one is not too deep.
We also had a small visitor. The Western Skink. This little predator has one of the most brilliant neon blue tails I have ever seen. Apparently only the young have a tail this bright.
If this guys tail gets any brighter it would be blinding.
I guess it isn’t only the young of the human race that like to shock their parents. Seriously ,the tail is a defense mechanism, it breaks off and wiggles, attracting an enemy while the lizard makes it to safety.
Here is a picture of the log that Jerry worked on most of the afternoon.
This will make a nice center piece on one of Jerry's many projects.
We ended up the day once again back in camp. Jerry heated up some excellent sphagetti, and we sat around camp discussing our day and plans for tomorrow, before heading to bed.
Thanks for joining us.
chasfire
One Comment
Must be an awesome feeling to find things like that petrified log, or that moss boulder, or even that simple smaller piece of moss agate pictured in “R to M mtn D1″. To jujst sit and ponder the amount of time it took for it to form, or that the log was once alive… mind boggling…..
Gene