Central Oregon

Rain in Central Oregon

I headed down to Prineville to meet up with my good friends, Chuck and Becky, for a little rockhounding. ?It rained all the way from Olympia to the other side of Mount Hood, and I almost called them to cancel. ?I didn’t call and when I arrived the weather wasn’t too bad. ?We connected and made plans for a Tuesday trip.

Chuck and Becky

Typical Central Oregon Rockhounding country.

Tuesday started out with beautiful weather. ?There were some clouds in the sky, but the temperature was nice. ?I made a bad error in judgement and left my rain gear at the truck, fully expecting the weather to continue with the same conditions.

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Return to the “Mother Lode!!” June 11-13

I reached down to pick up a small piece of jasper, when I got a call on the radio ?from Garry. ?He sounded pretty calm, but all I heard was ” Large log with cavity covered in druzy amethyst”. ?I immediately headed to his site and was truly amazed at what he found.

Petrified Log

This has to be one of the nicest logs I have seen.

 

The shadow of my hat is peaking into the picture to show a relative size.

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