Archive for August 31st, 2009

Digging Thundereggs at Richardson’s Recreation Ranch

Monday, August 31st, 2009
Paula in the Blue Pit with a Rock Hammer

Paula digging Thunder Eggs at the Richardson Ranch

On Friday of the Crater Lake trip, we drove out into the desert outside of Madras to visit the famous Richardson’s Recreation Ranch, which is a worldwide destination for rockhounding.  While we’re not hard-core rockhounds or anything, we have been known to pick up the occasional cool rocks when we find them.  On this day, however, our quarry were Thundereggs!

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