Tuesday, Slept in ‘til 7 a.m. ish and worked on pictures. After a late/normal breakfast, Em and I headed for Sweet Water and the Holleywood petrified wood dig. We stopped at what we thought would just be a quick rock shop detour, but the” Living Rock Studio” was much more than that. It’s hard to describe, but simply put it was a museum of sorts, literally built out of tons of petrified wood, agate, crystals and the like. It housed a huge variety of Taylor family memorabilia, and included a tour inside and out. We bought 3 small thundereggs and headed out again. Our lunch was fresh picked blackberries at a roadside stand. On to another personally guided tour, this time by Dave of the Holleywood petrified wood locale. Very enjoyable – purchased several “scrap” pieces by gem cutting/polishing standards. Last stop was “Al and Merles Rock and Gem Shop” on route 34 near Corvallis, where I traded several small Herkimer diamond specimens for a couple larger thundereggs. Came back and picked up Laura for what we were thinking might be a reserve game, but it ended up being a Surge scrimmage. Laura met her ride to her host housing and we spent the night at a lovely Marriott Residence Inn in Salem, packing for our Mount Hood camping excursion before getting to bed rather late again!
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