[Rockhounds] giant garnets exposed: a field trip gone awry

[Tim Fisher]

I remember the exact views of Grandmother & Moses Butte in your pics 
:) Of course it was huckleberry season the last time I was there so I 
mentally subtracted all the white stuff!

At 10:35 PM 10/10/2007, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>
>Well I definitely made the last up-country field trip of the season. 
>This is one of the legendary massive garnets from Moses Butte, St. 
>Joe Forest, Idaho.  The trip involved a bumpy ride on a narrow 
>unmaintained road up to 6000 ft. in fog and clouds, above the snow 
>line, whereupon we almost went off the side of the road and had a 
>close call with a running moose.  Behold the scenery:
>
>http://mysite.verizon.net/resqkdq4/2007OctFOut1.jpg
>http://mysite.verizon.net/resqkdq4/2007OctFOut2.jpg
>
>This is one of the garnets, over 22 cm long and over 16 lbs:
>
>http://mysite.verizon.net/resqkdq4/giantgarnet.jpg
>
>The mythical monsters do exist.
>
>
>Take care,
>Don

Tim Fisher
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