Yesterday we went on our first rock hunting field trip with the Kingston Mineral and Lapidary Club. We were hunting fossils and fossils we did find.
The quarry we were at had recently been blasted, so we were sifting through piles of rock that were millions of years old. It seemed as though there was a fossil on every rock we picked up. It was amazing.
The kids had a great time learning the dos and don'ts of rock collecting from some of the older rock hounds.
Cole was thankful to have his own rock hammer.
Isabel was thankful that mom and dad made Cole to share.
We came home with quite a few specimens, each a little piece of history. The hardest part was deciding what to keep and what to leave for another day. The ones we kept are filled with traces of snail shells and coral patterns, worm holes and clam shells. We'll need to clean our specimens up a bit to make the fossils stand out, but everyone agreed that our first official rock adventure was a success.
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