[Rockhounds] Accommodations

Thu Nov 29 10:43:19 PST 2007

Carolyn, 

That is one of the most peculiar trip reports I have ever come across ;-)))

Waving a UV-source around in a severe thunderstorm...that would make you
even more fanatic about fluorescence than I am (LOL).
What does the scapolite do? Red fluorescence or the wernerite
(meyonite)-yellow?
>From Kansas, hum? I wonder how that yellow brick road would behave under
SW-UV...
More chance of being panhandled than manhandled there, I hear. Seems like
tornado alley is turning into tornado avenue these last few years. 

Cheers
Axel

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com 
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Carolyn Reynard
> Verzonden: donderdag 29 november 2007 16:16
> Aan: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem 
> collectors
> Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] Accommodations
> 
> The summer of 2005 found several club members, Mid-Hudson 
> Valley Gem & Mineral Society of Poughkeepsie, NY, traveling 
> to Bancroft, Ontario, Canada.
> It was the weekend of the annual Gemboree so getting a place 
> to stay had been reserved ahead of time. We had two rooms 
> behind a corner store and restaurant.  There was water, AC, 
> TV, suitable beds, misplaced sink faucet so you couldn't get 
> a glass under it and weird wallpaper - an adventure.
> The weather was extremely hot for there, hovering during the 
> daytime at 102 degrees.
> Late afternoon, while were at roadside collecting diopside 
> and scapolite huge towering clouds were developing and we 
> could hear the rumble of thunder. Being originally from 
> Kansas I knew we were in for a big storm. We went about our 
> way and finally stopped  at a pizza restaurant for dinner.
> Then the storm hit, lights went out! Sideways high thrashing 
> wind and flashing lightning accompanied our dinner. We 
> watched their pizza sign as it swung nearly bending to the 
> ground. Luckily our pizza had already been prepared so we ate 
> by candlelight.  Being loony rockhounds we decided to do some 
> night collecting with our UV lamps, it certainly was dark 
> enough. We crawled over the C & N rock pile with both sw and 
> lw lamps.The rain had abated somewhat and thankfully we 
> didn't attract lightning as the storm continued to move 
> south. The collecting was good and there was the excitement 
> of living on the edge. We arrived at our place to stay to 
> find the electric out, which meant no AC or water. Here we 
> were dirty, grungy, hot and sticky and the mosquitoes were as 
> large as the loons.  The power was out for two days and 
> nights. The storm was wide spread and had generated several 
> tornadoes. In some areas there was quite a bit of damage. The 
> conditions didn't dissuade us and we continued to go to new 
> collecting sites each day. Finally the power was back on and 
> we had water at last; we reveled in the cleanup.  Some might 
> consider our time there a bit of a disaster, but I feel if 
> you get home safely with your treasure, you have a good story to tell!
> 
> Carolyn Reynard
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Margaret Malm" <kadok at infowest.com>
> To: <kugeln at peoplepc.com>; "'Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A 
> mailing list for rock and gem collectors'" 
> <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:32 PM
> Subject: RE: [Rockhounds] Accommodations (Was: Vehicles)
> 
> 
> > The Aussies do have some very ingenious car tents. I have 
> friends who have
> a
> > "rig" that, when traveling, is just a small trailer, about 
> 6 ft x 6 (or
> > maybe 8) feet x about a foot or so deep. Trails very 
> nicely. Stop and the
> > top folds back and down making a sort of vestibule that extends the
> > sleeping/living area, a top goes up over all of it and 
> another one also
> > extends out to the side as a fly. A table pulls out from 
> the trailer,
> also,
> > under the fly. All goes up /down in just a few minutes.
> >
> > Margaret
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Accommodations (Was: Vehicles)
> >
> > Pete,
> >
> > If you search for Australian car tents you'll eventually 
> find your way to
> > very ingeneous rooftop tents.
> >
> > John
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <Pmodreski at aol.com>
> > To: <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Accommodations (Was: Vehicles)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I can't resist responding to this line of thought...
> > >
> > > In a message dated 11/27/2007 12:47:31 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> > > ajs at frii.com writes:
> > >
> > >>  ...weirdest, most primitive (or high-end), most 
> dangerous or coolest
> > >>  place that members have camped, boarded or otherwise 
> racked out during
> > >>  a rockhound trip.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > About three years ago, heading home after the Tucson 
> Show, I left Tucson
> > > after dark Sunday evening and planned to camp out in the 
> desert; I knew
> of
> >
> > > a
> > > good place to get off I-10 onto some dirt roads near the 
> AZ-NM border
> > > (Steins
> > > Pass), where I'd stopped on my way out and gone for a 
> little hike--found
> > > some
> > > neat volcanic rocks there, though no minerals of note.  
> So I pulled
> off;
> > > since
> > > I knew where I wanted to go it was easy even in the dark; 
> and parked
> > > about a
> > > mile from the interstate.  Well, because it was (a) pitch 
> dark, (b)
> > > ground
> > > all rocks & cactus, and (c) it had been a rainy last few 
> days so all
> was
> > > quite
> > > damp, and as I've mentioned there isn't quite room enough 
> to sleep in
> the
> > > back of my Cherokee especially when it's packed full of 
> stuff, I just
> > > tossed  my
> > > air matress & sleeping bag up on the roof, carefully 
> climbed up there
> (so
> > > as
> > > not to dent the sheet metal with a knee or a foot), and slept very
> > > comfortably on the roof--first time, then or since, that 
> I've ever done
> > > that.  My Jeep
> > > has a little roof rack, so the railing provided 
> reasonable  assurance
> that
> >
> > > I
> > > wouldn't roll off.  In the morning I was treated to about 
>  the most
> > > magnicent
> > > sunrise I'd ever seen; clouds and colors kept changing as 
> the  sun moved
> > > up
> > > toward the various hanging clouds and fog banks down low 
> in the  valleys
> > > to the
> > > south, and I took "gazilions" of pictures with my digital  camera.
> > >
> > > Pete Modreski, Denver CO
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > **************************************Check out AOL's 
> list of 2007's
> > > hottest
> > > products.
> > >
> (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop000
> 30000000001)
> > >
> > >
> > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---
> > > multipart/alternative
> > >  text/plain (text body -- kept)
> > >  text/html
> > > ---
> > > -- 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Rockhounds at drizzle Mailing List
> > > Subscription Services:
> > > http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/rockhounds
> > > List Home Page, with a link to the List Usage Policy:
> > > http://www.eclecticlapidary.com/Rockhounds/index.html
> > >
> >
> > -- 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rockhounds at drizzle Mailing List
> > Subscription Services:
> > http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/rockhounds
> > List Home Page, with a link to the List Usage Policy:
> > http://www.eclecticlapidary.com/Rockhounds/index.html
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rockhounds at drizzle Mailing List
> > Subscription Services:
> > http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/rockhounds
> > List Home Page, with a link to the List Usage Policy:
> > http://www.eclecticlapidary.com/Rockhounds/index.html
> 
> -- 
> _______________________________________________
> Rockhounds at drizzle Mailing List
> Subscription Services:
> http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/rockhounds
> List Home Page, with a link to the List Usage Policy:
> http://www.eclecticlapidary.com/Rockhounds/index.html
>