[Rockhounds] Accommodations, petrified forest

[Tim Fisher]

That's nothing! I drove through the Petrified Forest with a 5 gallon 
BUCKET of large pieces of wood from a ranch within sight of the south 
entrance! We went through on our way back to Apache Jct. from 
collecting at the Murphy's (no you can't collect there lol). I swore 
I had all the rocks out of the truck and in my friends' trailer which 
we had left at the ranch (long story). Under a wet sleeping bag, when 
we got back to his house and unpacked, was the surprise "contraband"!

At 06:00 PM 11/29/2007, you wrote:
>That reminds me of something from the show table last month at our 
>local rock club meeting. One of our members had visited a park known 
>for petrified wood (possibly the same one) after having collected 
>elsewhere. He was forewarned and removed all of the rocks from his 
>car before he went to the park ... except a small one in the glove 
>box. He was able to check it in on the way into the park.
>
>At the meeting he showed the rock, still in it's plastic bag, sealed 
>with a piece of official government red tape.
>
>-Jeff

Tim Fisher
Ore-ROCK-On Rockhounding Web Site
Owner, Fisher Fisheries, Ltd.
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