Topic: Did some exploring this friday :-) (Read 2715 times)

Gergis · « **on:** May 17, 2015, 06:50:18 PM »

Me and my good friend "cashmere" from eastern washington went out for a lil expedition via cascades loop hwy on friday. It was dark overcast and cool in town so we packed for chilly and possible rain up in the mountains. It ended up being quite nice and partly sunny for most the day. We didnt find alot of stuff worthy of bringing home with us but we both needed some fresh air and something new and different and I think we accomplished just that. It was an incredibly long day and got to see quite alot of varied landscapes so hope you enjoy the ton of photos... Happy hounding out there everyone!!! ;-) some neat banding formed on whatever this boulder was.

deeper we go east into the mountains the nicer it got

decent view up above the river valley floor

really neat boulder of black phylite

neat lil waterfall we spotted and hungout at for a bit

cashmere posing in front of the falls

me posing haha

after hitting a couple spots high up in the mountains we come out to some dark clouds on the horizon but still some incredible views!

dogs getting pooped out after a few stops and quite a few more hours on the road

a real gusher!!

a crappy phone camera panorama

swamp area in the valley

super interesting granite conglomerate

what appeared to be a sort of chinese writing stone

oddball stuff..i liked it though so i picked up a few small cobbles for future cutting

and one more of jojo the beagle completely tuckered out after a 14hr day running around

hope everyone is having a great weekend!! :-)

wampidy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 17, 2015, 07:12:57 PM »

Looks like a good time was had by all and thanks for taking us along. I really hope you carried that Chinese writing stone home to Frank. That is an "us" stone for sure.
Jim

lithicbeads · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2015, 08:39:50 PM »

Good to see. I hope your feeling better. You need to put that dog on a workout program it looks like it has been going to the spa too much.

Gergis · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2015, 09:30:00 PM »

That makes two of us that need a workout plan..always feels good to be in nature breathing in big gulps of fresh air! Still not feeling well..my new doctor has some ideas as to what the issue is in my hip and we are gonna do some testing to find out exactly or at least narrow it down here in the next couple weeks hopefully. Ill call ya tomorrow and give the full report tomorrow afternoon frank ;-)

Minkos61 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2015, 08:52:55 AM »

Awesome pics Gerg thanks for sharing

Bentiron · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2015, 02:45:16 PM »

Interesting stones, been under a tad bit of pressure it looks like. Pretty country full of green growing things.

Gergis · « **Reply #6 on:** May 21, 2015, 04:36:27 PM »

Heres more pics of cobbles I found on this trip ~ metaquartzite with specular hematite and jasper inclusions

some other various quartzites

my one piece of jade

various serpentines

what I think is some silicified blue/green schist

what Im thinking is some marble..maybe frank has some better ideas from the pics. It does appear that a couple pieces have some pyrite cubes in them..some causing some iron staining..