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PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:02 am • # 1 
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Got the chance to get out and go collecting with my youngest son today. It was quite an interesting trip with a variety of different types of scenery and weather. The day started out a little later than I would have liked, by the time we arrived at the turn out, temps in the valley were already in the mid-80s. The scenery down at this elevation was the typical Idaho desert looking terrain.


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As we drove further, the desert landscape gave way to a nice looking forest and the air teps began to drop off rapidly as we gained elevation.


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Our destination this trip took us well above 7000 feet, at this elevation the air temps were nice and in the mid-50s, there was even a little snow on the ground still.


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We got out and began looking around, almost immediately, we were finding quartz crystals.


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We explored the area for quite some time, collecting things as we found them. There was actually quite a bit that we were able to collect.


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After a while, we decided that we had found enough. The pack was starting to get heavy so my son asked if I could carry it back to the truck. We both had a great day and were able to collect a lot. As we drove out, I took some more photos of the area.


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Once home I decided to get some more controlled shots of some of the collected crystals. These photos only represent a small sample of what we collected. I didn’t want to take photos of each item as that would be a lot of photos to process, upload and post on the report. We enjoyed this trip and know we only scratched the surface at this area.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:16 am • # 2 
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Very nice! Looks like a few aquamarine crystals in the 4-6 pics, too.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:49 pm • # 3 
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Cool stuff


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:44 pm • # 4 
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We had a blast, now I just need to figure out how to spark an interest in fly fishing. I actually asked him if he wanted to go with me two days prior when I went back to my cutthroat spot. He said he didn't want to go fishing and that he would wait for our rock hounding trip.


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:59 am • # 5 
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 3:34 pm • # 6 
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