Montana

What to do when Field trips can’t happen!!

I love to go on field trips, but sometimes it just isn’t in the cards. ?That is the situation so far this month. ?So what do I do? ?Mostly I keep my eye on garage sales, craig’s list, and other sources for buying rocks inexpensively.

Montana Agate

The largest Montana Agate I have ever found.

I was able to purchase a nice bunch of material recently, and wanted to show what could be waiting for you with a little bit of luck. ?Not much narrative in this report, but the pictures will speak for themselves.

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Lolo Pass.

Spending a few days in Missoula with my daughter, Leilani, I convinced her that I had to spend at least a few hours at Lolo Pass digging for smokey quartz crystals. ?She didn’t take much convincing, but insisted that we wait until 7:00am to leave. ?I used the usual argument about wasting daylight, but to no avail. ?We pulled out of the drive way at 6:50am and ?arrived at the parking area at about 8:30am.

Parking spot

The truck is in the shade now but when we got back to it the sun was baking it.

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