End Of The Rainbow

Just like they have always said, it really was right at the end of the rainbow. At least it was for my last trip into Mojave until October. This was the best trip yet! I even found a meteorite at Cuddeback Dry Lake which was almost as good as the specimens of petrology that I brought home from the surrounding area. Places like Jawbone Canyon, Aerial Acres, and Gem Hill. All these ares have been heavily picked over throughout the past decades, and yet I was blessed to find some fantastic stuff.
My journey into the desert has always been more for the spiritual aspect than for petrology, although I did find some incredible pieces on this trip the most treasured item this time was my three days spent with my Heavenly Father. I have found it much easier to commune with Him in the solitude of the desert than anywhere else.   

Just Back From Heaven

 

The new moon looked as if the Lord was smiling, and why not, one of His sheep had just come home!

No phone, no noise, no one else but me sitting by the fire playing the harmonica, there was nothing moving but a slight wind. Then as on cue the coyotes began to join my evening serenade. The Big Dipper was acting as God's cup as it "runneth over" unto me with such beauty in the sky and on the earth that took my breathe away.

  

Many people will not understand the beauty and spirituality of the desert, but for those of us that do, we experience something that continues to call us back over and over again. There is a soothing healing that occurs in the desert solitude that makes me feel closer to God. 

Found this on the Web

COLLECTING ROCKS
I think that there shall never be
an ignoramus just like me,
who roams the hills throughout the day,
to pick up rocks for zero pay.
For there’s one thing that I’ve been told,
I take the rocks and leave the gold!
Over deserts wild and under sky so blue,
I search for rocks of varied hue.
A hundred pounds or more I pack,
With blistered feet and aching back,
And after this is said and done
I cannot name a single one.
I pick up rocks where ever I go
The reason why I do not know.
For rocks are found by fools like me
Where God intended them to be.
Though now I'm told the rocks aren't mine,
it's the State who owns these gems so fine!
Yet with all I spend on tax and fees,
I had thought the State was me!
Author unknown

Mojave!

We just got back from a fantastic trip to Mojave--our first time to actually step on the desert, instead of  just driving through it--and it was better than we had hoped! Our trip found treasure beyond our common thought.We cannot wait to return! What we discovered may not produce any monetary value, but it is priceless to us. We have found such amazing beauty in the geology of this earth--petrified wood of unknown age, tiny gemstones in sedimentary rocks, and some type of quartz (if it is quartz) that had to have come from deeep in the earth to have cooked it into its bubble like popcorn shape.
As we determine what it is we have on a geological basis we will get back to you.