My house, as I have mentioned in previous blogs, is located on
what is essentially a shoulder of diluvium—a massive deposit of stones and sand
left behind during flooding events at the end of the last ice age. Or, as my friends from East Helena would say,
“You live on a pile of rocks, Mitch.”
Thing is, the rocks here are often pretty and unique. We have sapphires, gold, agates, petrified
wood, quartz, and colorful river-wash.
Last evening, I took some houseguests on a rock collecting venture
down to the lake and back.
My guests collected so many rocks, we had to create piles
alongside the road so we can drive down there today, stopping along the way to
pick them up.
Posted are a couple photographs of a few smaller rocks we managed
to haul back up to the house on foot.
—Mitchell Hegman
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