We started climbing the rocky outcrops on the hills and picking up rocks. Doug picked up tons of rose quartz and other good stuff. I was looking for carnelian. Unfortunately, I don't really know what it looks like so I just picked up stones that looked nice. I later found out that I was looking in the wrong place for carnelian. It isn't usually found on the hills, but down on the flat areas. Ooops.
One of the things that interested us in this area was the petroglyphs. Several people had told us that they were well worth the hike. It took a while to find them but after wandering the hills in the pounding wind, we finally did.
Some of the drawings had an authentic look to them........
And some were a little hard to believe. I guess it doesn't make any difference. We enjoyed them all and took lots of photos.
By mid afternoon, the wind was so strong we had to get off the hills. We gathered our treasures and headed back towards town.
Now that we have so many (emphasis on many) nice stones, Doug decided we needed a tumbler to make them nicer. So, off we went to Red Roof Rockshop. The manger/owners are truly nice people who have spent a lot of time identifying rocks for us and explaining rockhounding. They were happy to sell us a double rock tumbler and all of the stuff necessary for producing beautiful stones.
Doug had the best time setting it up and glancing at the instructions. Then he was off to sort stones and get ready to rummmmmmble. (I mean tumble.)
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