My Tuesday walking group crossed state lines today heading for a beach in upper peninsula Michigan. It is a county park called Little Girls Point. You can enjoy the sand but mainly you come to pick up rocks - from pea-sized to larger than a softball. All free for the taking. We brought buckets. We brought boxes. We brought bags. Since we carpooled, we had rocks for up to 4 people per car. Going home you could actually feel the vehicle ride heavier from the additional weight. For a special day like this, we had a potluck salad lunch. There was a large variety of good things to eat. Weather was in the high 70's. No insects bothering us. Lake Superior was 78 degrees. Many went swimming. Perfect for wading to chase the elusive rock.
My treasures include granite, quartz, a coral fossil, sandstone, chert, feldspar, rhyolite, and porphyry. Yes, I have been studying my "Rocks and Minerals Field Guide to Lake Superior" that I received as a Christmas present.
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