Post by Basketweaverz on Apr 18, 2004 18:49:20 GMT -5
but on the left side of the map. A first for us, we had a full sized big yellow school bus go on the trip with us. The location is Racehorse Creek and is just west of Mt. Baker, Washington. The fossils are tropical, metasequoia, fan palm, cypress, tree ferns, etc. The shale is very black and we mix half and half Elmer's glue and water and paint the shale with that. Then you can dust them easily and it is like wetting an agate, the fossil stands out. The glue mixture can be washed off with warm plain water also.
The bus driver lady really was scared. About the last half mile of the logging, gravel road was extremely steep and, of course, no guardrails, sharp corners and lots of exposure. She made it fine, just scared her. The kids had a blast and all took home good specimens. Everyone did. I took a picture of the bus turning around at an intersection to prove it made it to the dig site.
Good day today, I am so anxious to get out again. Here in Washington, most of the dig sites are under snow until this month. We can go beachcombing for agates, jaspers, etc. but the good digs are snowbound. It was nice to be out and we all went morel mushroom hunting after getting our fill of fossils. Good eating tonight!!!
Basket
The bus driver lady really was scared. About the last half mile of the logging, gravel road was extremely steep and, of course, no guardrails, sharp corners and lots of exposure. She made it fine, just scared her. The kids had a blast and all took home good specimens. Everyone did. I took a picture of the bus turning around at an intersection to prove it made it to the dig site.
Good day today, I am so anxious to get out again. Here in Washington, most of the dig sites are under snow until this month. We can go beachcombing for agates, jaspers, etc. but the good digs are snowbound. It was nice to be out and we all went morel mushroom hunting after getting our fill of fossils. Good eating tonight!!!
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