Post by kompik on Jun 30, 2005 8:41:42 GMT -5
My wife and I have recently taken up rock and mineral collecting after our roadtrip to out west (from Ohio to California and back...north route on the way, south route back) visiting many of the National Parks along the way (and out of the way). Since then we've taken to rock tumbling some nice things we've picked up locally and collecting various minerals from rock shows.
We're planning another trip thru the Northwest (from Ohio to Washington/Oregon and back) and were thinking about stopping along the way to do some rockhouding on our own.
Can anyone here make suggestions of good places for beginner rockhounds to visit in OR, WA, ID, MT, WY, ND, SD, MN, WI, IL, or ID? We're leaving this weekend, so we don't have a lot of time to make arrangements with private property owners to schedule visits, unless someone can recommend somewhere that's really easy to get access to.
Since this will be our first time rockhounding, any advice on etiquette or other things we should know would be welcome. (Chipping away at the face of Mt. Rushmore would be frowned on, right?)
We're planning another trip thru the Northwest (from Ohio to Washington/Oregon and back) and were thinking about stopping along the way to do some rockhouding on our own.
Can anyone here make suggestions of good places for beginner rockhounds to visit in OR, WA, ID, MT, WY, ND, SD, MN, WI, IL, or ID? We're leaving this weekend, so we don't have a lot of time to make arrangements with private property owners to schedule visits, unless someone can recommend somewhere that's really easy to get access to.
Since this will be our first time rockhounding, any advice on etiquette or other things we should know would be welcome. (Chipping away at the face of Mt. Rushmore would be frowned on, right?)
