Grand Marais, Michigan Agate Hunt
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Sam and I head to Lake Superior to look for agates. We found a few too, along with lots of other beautiful rocks.
Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video.
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I’ve been watching your videos for a year now preparing for my trip to Lake Superior, and now I’m just a week away! Thank you so much for training me for on what to look for. I love these rock hunting videos the most!
I’m currently isolated cause I got Covid …. SO you … I envy
Have A Blast 💥
You're welcome, Maggie. I left a few for you. Good luck!
You will enjoy it. Almost the best of the Great Lakes, my heart is owed to Michigan (Go Blue!!!). But I love Superior! Two hearted and Crisp point are very fun drive.
@@Luciddreamer007 get better soon!
@@MichiganRocks I might have to pick up some of the ones you threw back!
Lots of nice rocks. Love the banded iron. My mom in Iowa says the flies have been terrible there too. I like when Sam goes with you. Nice Lake Superior agates. Happy 4th of July weekend to you Rob and your family!🇺🇸
I like having Sam along too. He finds a lot of agates.
Just walking up to the ledge and looking out at all that gravel on the beach was enough to get the pulse racing! The agates and other rocks you guys found were great! Looks like it was a perfect day! (Well maybe except for the flies).
It was a really nice day. I love when it's calm so you can see into the water much better.
Excellent 18mins & 32 seconds…. It flew by !
That big knee high agate was very cool 😎 However my favorite was that odd black rock with all the red inclusions
I gotta tell ya Rob - I reside in The Natural State ; Arkansas now , but I was born in Whitefish Bay Wisconsin , ( model ‘61 ) In 1965 my kindergarten class ( Henry Clay Elementary ) took a field trip to Big Bay Beach to collect rocks to paint for our Dads on Father’s Day . So your video’s bring up REAL memories for me - kind of like muscle memory for the brain
Dad passed away in December 2018 just weeks from age 90 ( I was his full-time caretaker too ) in our grief my brothers and I blindly boxed up all the stuff in his home office After one of your videos I went to that box and down at the bottom I found my rock ! I guess as a four-year-old I was into native American stuff because I painted a piece pipe on it !!
I’m looking at the rock now !
Well done - very beautiful film work
P. S. That Sam is a Great kid - oops , I mean young man
That's a great story. Your dad must have really loved that rock to keep it for all those years. I'm sorry you lost him.
Love the Omars! Missing the UP and Michigan! Thanks for sharing your fun!
Unreal. Yep..you got the find of the day for sure. LOVE listening to the waves. You gotta get out before the leaves do to skip the bugs. The leaves come out...so do they!
Nancy and I were up there this spring. It was cold and windy, but there were no bugs.
@@MichiganRocks exactly. when the leaves come out....so do the bugs.
Sam is a cool, young man! I love seeing these types of videos. I hope you both enjoy your camping time and find lots of agates and other cool things!
We had a fun four days up there. You'll be seeing videos from that trip for the next several weeks. We did really well on agates this year.
Gosh, I hope you kept that double Omar because that was a beauty!
Your black rock at 6:20 looks like a micaceous sandstone.
Micaceous, as in mica? I didn't know that sandstone could contain mica. You're always teaching me something.
Sam kept a few small Omars, but I don't think he took that one home.
Check your email. I sent you a picture last week.
@@MichiganRocks An arkose sandstone (especially an immature one) can have lots of mica in it.
Great video and beautiful pieces! Thanks a million!
Another great video, Rob! Your rockhounding trips make me want to move to Michigan someday. I find some LSAs here in Kansas, but they're nothing like the great pieces you guys get to search for. :)
I didn’t know they could be found that far away. I think Minnesota and Wisconsin might be the best places to find them.
Awesome finds guys! I love the LSA Rob found and the big agatey looking one Sam found. You have some really beautiful pieces of unikite in that entire area. Thanks for sharing!✌️🤠
There's so much unakite and I just love that stuff.
Watched another time, really liked the water sounds & close ups. Entire WALK view 😍
🏆 📹 SHARE time team 👍
💋😘 thank U
Ty I just found one like that black sandstone it was a bit more darker brown but looked just like it with the pretty sparkles.
Cool!
Great video. Looking forward to more from this trip. Off to a great start! Thanks...
There are definitely more videos to come. You already know what's in one of them. I couldn't help showing that one off. We'll keep it a secret here for now.
Thanks for another Superior vid. Sam’s find is legit! Good luck!
The yellow one?
yep, the one at 7:46 @@MichiganRocks
@@davidl.turner1005 The consensus seems to be that it's an agate. Thanks for your input.
Because of your videos we are going to your neck of the woods at partridge point for 2 nights on the way home from lake superior!
Partridge point is not a two day location. Nearby Rockport is though. Plan to spend some time there.
@@MichiganRocks great!, we are staying at the Ramada hotel...any good places to eat? My wife, and 3 daughters are so excited. It would be great to run into you both at the beach!!
@@hiking7521 Someone just told me that they were really unhappy with the Ramada Inn. I was kind of surprised because that always used to be a nice place. I'm not sure what their standards are though. There's a Holiday Inn Express in town that's only a few years old.
Here are a few places that we like to eat:
The Fresh Palate or Nuclear Lounge (same restaurant, different rooms) has a great selection of beer and really good food. I love pizza, so I always get one of their specialty pizzas.
Austin Brothers Brewery: Great beer and really good food.
Mangos: Good Mexican place. Mangos Express is more like Qdoba.
The Courtyard: Good Italian restaurant
Red Brick Tap and Barrel: We haven't been here yet because it's pretty new. I think it's a little more expensive than some of the other places I listed, but not outrageous or anything. People seem to like it. They also like the food trucks parked next door.
Hunan's is a Chinese place. We like it, but it's nothing too special.
Nice rocks too bad the flies were bad. Thanks for sharing your trip.
That's just something you have to be prepared for up there. They're pretty miserable, but the rocks are worth it.
Sam sure has a good eye for even the tiniest agates. I like the first striped rock and the sparkly black rock. It’s pretty clever to bring the leg netting and the magnet with you to take out the magnetite when panning. Why are there so many flies on that beach and campground?
The U.P. has a lot of bugs in general. There were mosquitos in the woods and flies on the beach. Any time it's hot and humid, there's a chance of stable flies on the beach. We have them here on Lake Huron too. I was out on my kayak once and they didn't find me until I was about five miles down the beach. The problem then is that they get inside the kayak and you can't really shoo them away. I had my fly suit with me, so I lived to tell about it.
Moss agate ❣️👏🎁
Looks like fun. Is there a lot of Basalt there? Beach stones look like granite and basalt. 5 days dang I wanna come. Biting flies don't really like mint, so get come mint leaves to take with you rub them on your skin.
I haven't tried mint, but I did just try Vick's VapoRub which someone suggested last summer. I think it was just like adding a yummy sauce for the bugs.
I used to think the black rocks were basalt, but a geologist said something that makes me wonder. The omars look exactly like the same rock as the other black rocks on the beach and omars are made of greywacke.
Me: I'm going to use this trip to find agates.
Also me: So I left the beach with all these cool fossils.
11:14 Holy crap that rock is beautiful
Banded iron can be really nice. That was a good one.
You didn't really just put that cool cresent moon omar back ... did you?.... :)
I did. I brought a bunch of omars home a few years ago and then they just sat in a box. I just don't have a use for them. I really don't believe in bringing rocks home just to have them there. Other than a few exceptions, I only bring home rocks I plan to tumble or make something from.
That is a lovely beach with lots of very beautiful rocks ! Sorry about the flys spoiling your fun though , enjoy your trip 💗
They didn't spoil our fun, but it would have been a little more fun without them.
Wild slipper orchids! That's a rare sight.
They're not that rare around here. I saw a bunch of them while mountain biking at Norway Ridge near Alpena about a month ago. I posted pictures on Instagram.
10:46 Looks like you found Wall-e's head hahaha but Awesome video loved it ! Thanks for posting always learn alot from watching your videos !
Someone else thought it looked like E.T.
I know you like pudding stones and petoskey stones, but is a nice change to see you collecting something else. BTW, I am new to rockhounding and I do not understand why agates are so desirable. What is it about agates?
I like variety too, but certain beaches are known for certain rocks. In Lake Michigan and Huron, there are Petoskey Stones and puddingstones. In Lake Superior, the most common thing to look for are agates.
Lake Superior agates are really incredible if you find good ones. They have really tight bands. The colors are widely varied and can be really bright. They also tend to be translucent. If you saw some good ones, you might be more impressed.
Here are a couple videos of some big ones:
ua-cam.com/video/Kb9pkDjqm4E/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/Q0hcHTXhheU/v-deo.html
These are smaller, but I tumbled them:
ua-cam.com/video/Dg_jhcMYieE/v-deo.html
Hope you tumble that "stripey" black rock at 2 min! Loved the very round sparkly rock you probably didn't keep. Thanks for filming with the flies!
The rock at two minutes wasn't black. I'm not sure if you typed the time wrong.
@@MichiganRocks Could be. But I did see the one I'm talking about in your bucket at the end so hopefully it will get tumbled. Thanks, Rob.
@@gingermackeen5741 If it's in the bucket, it will probably get tumbled.
Ahhh the FLIES!! Some great finds though 😃
The spiders and frogs eat all night long and still don't make a dent in their population. I've come to hate them pest.
I don't know how anything could make a dent in the fly population up there.
How do I tell epidote from OP m other green rocks. And if I have granite here in AZ am I allowed to believe I found a piece of Unikite? Or does that only show up in certain areas?
I'm not a geologist, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I identify it by color. It has a fairly distinctive color, at least here in the Great Lakes. Geologists tell me not to identify rocks by color, but that's the best I can do. Epidote and unakite are found in many places. Some of the rock shops sell unakite from other locations. The Rock Shed sells some from Brazil that doesn't look very much like what I find here in Michigan.
I just did a quick Google search and found several references to Unakite being found in Arizona.
I got to get out there might tomorrow.
Good luck!
@@MichiganRocks thanks I had great luck last time I found a nice 4 inch agate!
@@MichiganRocks Did great!
Found 7 agates and a lot of banded iron formations.
What happens when you tumble sandstone? Is it too porous causing it to fall to pieces?
I'm pretty sure I tumbled one in this video: ua-cam.com/video/z5S4nwYSOBE/v-deo.html
@@MichiganRocks that vid was in my watch playlist. Thank you for pointing me in that direction. Good instruction. Good experiment.
Looks like a really great spot to hound. But watching all of those fly's buzzing around had me thinking they were landing on my legs (a couple times I caught myself swipe at nothing, heh). Wondering how good the sunscreen with bug repellent would work? There's also the citronella sprays, &lavender/eucalyptus/rosemary/peppermint oils (but ya' gotta be ok w/ smelling like the oil).
Bug sprays work for Mosquitos and ticks but not for flies. I have never found anything that works. Last summer someone told me that Vick's VapoRub keeps them off, so I brought some with me. I did a test by putting it on one leg, but not the other. There was no difference at all.
We are going up next Friday! Where did you get the mesh pants?
I have a mesh shirt too. I put that on later that day on the next beach. Check my Amazon storefront in the description of my videos. The bug suit is in there.
Cool hunt. Good tip about the mesh pants. Planning a trip in July. Looks like we might need mesh body armor! What’s a wonder stone? Happy July 4th! 🇺🇸🧨🗽Go Blue! 〽️
I also have a mesh shirt/jacket that I put on later that day. Those flies mostly attack your legs, so unless they get really bad, I only wear the pants. They're not expensive and I can fit the pants in a small ziplock bag that's always in my backpack. Check out my Amazon storefront to see the one I have.
I will do that. Seems like a pretty miserable existence without protection!
Did you buy the shirts and head coverings that match the net pants? I really respect your fortitude, putting up with the flies. I would go nuts. My family and I spent the weekend in Alpena recently. What a charming little town! My guys did some rock hunting at Rockport Quarry and we did some shopping downtown and had dinner at an Italian place with good food. Fun time!
We both have the shirts too. We put them on at the next beach later that day. The flies were worse there.
Sounds like you ate at The Courtyard. They do have good food. Love the garlic bread.
Where did you get your mesh pants?
Amazon. If you look in the description of this video, you’ll find my Amazon storefront. I have the shirt/jacket too and needed to put it on later that day when they got worse.
What is a wonder stone?
It’s a type of rhyolite. There are some pictures here: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/68560/swapping-coral-montana-wonderstone-andy
When I was a kid in Alaska my father took me fishing and there must have been a billion mosquitoes. Looked like they were 2 inches long
I’m glad you survived!
Hey were you in Houghton at agate Beach last night? 7/1/22
Nope. I was in Alpena, kayaking on Lake Winyah.
@@MichiganRocks ok I was out looking for yooperlights and met a guy that kinda looked like you but it was very dark
@@jacobtrowbridge7947 Nope, wasn't me.
Gracias por todo mí celular no anda muy bien lo ciento hasta luego
Es verdad !!
De nada.
Hello from me in Dunfermline Scotland after watching your videos which i found very informative and educating I got a tumbler after beachcombing up in Aberdeenshire with family and found some great Agate the tumbler to start with is like the Nat Geo you highlighted way back and first tumble is 80 grit then 240 and 400 then either 600 or a 1200 and final tin oxcide , can i ask if im on the right track. you now have a new Sub on youtube and look forward to many more videos till next time stay safe and take care
You have some really cool little agates in Scotland. A guy a know from a rock forum lives there and sent me some. Here's a video: ua-cam.com/video/bPnAwM_iA2A/v-deo.html
The steps you're doing sound like they should work. 80 and 240 are great. I usually do 500 aluminum oxide after that. 400 or 600 aluminum oxide would work the same. I suspect that you're probably using silicon carbide at that stage, which I have never done. I don't do a 1200 stage, I go right to aluminum oxide polish at that point. The polish I use is about 2 micron. Tin oxide should work as a substitute for aluminum oxide.
You might want to check out this channel to find out what grits and polishes are available in your area: ua-cam.com/channels/LFzJwXLyICX7ATZRmowvvg.html
That rock at 2:50 looks like a pudding stone that was baked too long in the oven.
Just scrape off the outside a little and it should be fine.
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I have my family up in the Keweenaw this week collecting agates and thomsonites. It is heavenly up here right now! Today at the beach in the Porkies the black flies were the worst! I need mesh pants!
I envy all of you …. Sounds like paradise ( currently isolating because I caught Covid )
We were actually in Paradise a couple days later. That's an actual place in Michigan. Hell is another place, but that's farther south.
You need a fly suit!
@@Luciddreamer007 We actually stayed in Paradise for the first night of our vacation. Whitefish Point is a traditional place for us. We tend to go there every summer. I hope your Omicron doesn’t hang on forever. That lethargy is the worst! Get better soon!
@@HappiestGirl69 Sounds resplendent!
Wow YOU just read my mind … most of my symptoms are gone accept I’m Big Time lethargic ! I’m alone & that concerned me
So go about your wonderful day knowing a complete stranger way down in Arkansas is now happier cause of The HappiestGirl !
Btw - great moniker Eastern philosophy says something a kin to the world is constructed in such a way that if we genuinely want one thing out of life -we will get it. ( stick with me 😄 ) For instance all a sick person wants is to get well That struck me So I decided that the only thing I want out of life from this point on is happiness and that’s what I try to concentrate on
So to call yourself the happiest girl in the world is very wise
Go seize the day !!!! 💪🏻💕
R:50 IS AN AGATE.
You mean 1:50?
4:50 I mean. I HATE my new phone. The one that you called Wonder Stone. I haven't heard of that before. Can I find it online? I may have a couple; possibly??? I thought it was possibly a Jagate;Jasp-agate is the technical term. I know I have a few of those, but yours looks like a Paint of the type. Sweet find either way. The Magate looks like what we call a Saganite, and usually they are mostly white. You can many times find radial sprays in them, but sometimes they are so solid white that you can't. However I'm not well versed on the range of those, but I do have a lot of them. Sometimes they will have banding on the edge, or druzzy quartz.
@@cassiecraft3938 I really don't think the one at 4:50 is an agate. I does have conchoidal fracturing, so it's very possible that it's jasper.
Wonderstone is a type of rhyolite. There are some pictures of wonderstone here: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/68560/swapping-coral-montana-wonderstone-andy
@@MichiganRocks I believe I found a Mossy of the type the other day. If you don't mind I would like to email a picture of it. I'm at work now, but I can do it later if that is ok?
@@cassiecraft3938 Sure, Instagram is a good place to send a picture. There's a link to my account in the description of this video.
OMG 😲😱 HATE flies & 🦟 flies & ants sting feels like 🔥sometimes swollen 😫😢 where they bite.....gotta get the arms & 🙎♂️🧐💆♂️ covered YES, GET COVERED............
I put on the mesh shirt later that day when the bugs got worse.
The omar that Sam found looks like a manatee's nose!
I'm not very familiar with what a manatee's nose looks like, so I'll just take your word for that.
It’s really hard to tell from a video, but I think some of the “magates” are actually jaspagate. They can actually tumble quite nicely and have amazing patterns that only show up when polished. You guys found some really nice specimens. Thanks for enduring the flies to make a video for us! Have a wonderful 4th of July!🇺🇸
They could be. One of these days, I'm going to pull out all of my magates and tumble them.
I would love to see that.
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Lace agate chip with band there .
Those flies looked horrible! Thanks for sharing your wonderful finds, despite those nasty flies!
The flies up there can be pretty bad. The rocks are worth it though.
Nice agate finds!
You should team up with Flour Gold Wizard... you find the cool rocks whilst he finds the specks of gold on the same beach
Just meet up in da yoopee, eh?
I just discovered him a couple weeks ago and asked a few questions about gold panning. I'd love to meet up with him.
Hate black flies! And they love the taste of insect repellent!! It's like spice on their meal and their meal is YOU.
I agree completely. I refuse to add sauce to myself for their enjoyment.
I absolutely love your videos. I am from Dayton, OH and every summer we spend a week at Kelley's Island in Lake Erie. I have found all kinds of rocks including Petoskey stones, but not great quality. I would love to travel to some of the beaches in MI that you have identified. What do you do with all the rocks you find and polish?? Do you have a rock shop where you sell things you have found??
I don't sell polished rocks anywhere, but I do sell a few things at a local shop. I sell stone crosses, little turtles, guitar picks, beads that fit Pandora bracelets, heart shaped pendants, other pendants, and Christmas ornaments at that time of year. They don't have an online store, but will work with you if you call or email. olivetbookandgift.com
Here's a video showing what I do with my polished rocks. Set your expectations low before watching it.
ua-cam.com/video/jZ9Dns9ioX8/v-deo.html
Cool your ladder is still there. The flies looked horrible that you really need netting and really smart you brought it. Place is so pretty. The magnetic test on the sand and rocks was pretty cool. Looks like you found a bunch of nice rocks again. The fishing pole was some nice trash to find. Was fun to watch. Great video
Not really "our ladder" even though that's what I said. We just use it every year. Lots of fun things to find on that beach, even the trash is nice.
Great video. Really good beach for rockhounding.
So many beautiful rocks out there! But man you guys are brave to deal with all those biting flies. Im not so sure i could deal with them! Wow that big rock after the big white quartz piece, was really beautiful! it had a lot going on in it for sure. Just looking down from you camera, shows just how colorful every rock is. Sams rocks were really cool. You both did awesome! great work. Bad flies!
The flies are no fun, but the bug suit helps. They're mostly out on hot, humid days. The next day was cold and windy, so there were no bugs.
You only wore fly pants. Did they not bother you above the legs?
I was just in Grand Marais a couple of weeks ago. The waves were too high to get in the water, but the black flies weren’t out yet. You both have some great finds.
It was cold and windy the next day which took care of the flies.
Man those are pretty rocks at that beach,I've never seen a place like that before!
Very beautiful rocks and agates!👍😊
I think I liked your possible hematite sparkly rock better as the find of the day.
Everyone has their favorites. I was out looking for agates, so those were my favorites.
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Wow 🤩
I like that black sandstone. And the flies...gross! Nice fishing pole find. That water looks so cool. It's awful here. TFS ❤️💔🦅 🦅🏏
The water is cold, but not quite as cold as it has been other years. We went a week or two later than usual.
Hope all is well. I've been working like a crazy man for a while. Settled down again, so back to hounding 8). I burnt my saw, working on getting a new one as well. Safe Journeys. Thank you for posting the hunt.
I have a lot of videos to catch up on.😅
And. Lovely agates u found also.
Thank you for replying....
Magoty… awesome 😂🍀💚
Was that a piece of gold? drain the lake! Seems some rich person would have bought the lake and kicked everyone out by now
No, I didn't find any gold nuggets, but the black sand that's on many of the beaches in that area has flour gold in it. It's tiny, but still really fun to find.
Beside collecting what do you do with the Little Rock’s do you just keep them in a bucket?
I tumble most of what I find on the beach. Most of them are just stored in the basement, but some are on display around the house.
Beautiful finds!! You and Sam both seem to really enjoy your time together!! What month did you go? I am going last week of August through the first week of September, I would really love to meet up with you both, Nancy too of course!! Was this at the end of 791 or School Forest Rd? I love driving down those 2 tracks!!
This is on School Forest Road or some road off of it. It's a little trick to find.
nice so worth the trip
I always thought the black sand was oil from boats! Instead! Very cool magnet stuff! 🙋♀️🌞. Flies aside, you could have saddled to ride that waterbug ! Yuck!
I don't think that beetle was a water bug. It was just a bug near the water.
At 3:30 Looked like Mookite, Serape Jasper, Desert Jasper....???
I said wonder stone, but Mookaite looks similar to me.
You are striking it right some beautiful colors so much to tumblebim gonna remember gran Maria’s when I come to Michigan this summer I hope I can meet you and same and your wife I don’t know how I will find you but I will find you somehow:) your fan shaun
Should I hide?
All those beautiful rocks I could sit there all day looking with bug spray of course
Or you could run to your car and look at them in there, safe from the bugs.
Those flies looked awful!
You don't have them near you? They are awful.
Sam should start his own channel! He does a great job 😊
He's better at spotting agates than I am, that's for sure.
Rob, That is my fav beach to rock hunt, A couple of weeks ago I parked my Jeep JK and started a fire in the pit that’s there…it was so relaxing! I love your videos, keep up the great work.
You almost need a Jeep to get around that one sandy corner.
Would I be able to find agates or other rocks like them in plain old rivers? I'm in alberta, most rivers here have lots of rocks but I haven't seen any, I just started looking though, I also looked at the waterton lake, nothing either, do agates exist there? Or in rivers?
I don't know if agates exist there or not. If you do have agates, they wouldn't be Lake Superior agates, like what you're seeing in this video. Those are only found in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and a couple other nearby states.
I don't have access to petroskey stones or pudding stones, do you ever sell the stones for tumbling, I would love to buy some golf ball size ones to tumble??
No, I don't sell anything on the Internet. Sorry.
Such gorgeous rocks you found
Well if this isn't your 'fly-by' episode, I don't what is. Enjoyed your all your rock views.
In a few other videos from this trip I did fly-bys with my drone.
I'd love to know more about your 'gadget' for removing the magnetic sands. I'm using a neodymian magnet in a coin tube...
You can buy a tool to do this, but I built one using this video as a guide. If you are into gold prospecting, this channel is great. ua-cam.com/video/riQFzOud3XQ/v-deo.html
I was born and raised in Duluth, Mn, but currently live in Vancouver, Wash
More agates in Duluth, I'll bet.
I wouldn’t have expected the flies. I haven’t been there, though… keep meaning to have a look but it’s never happened.
They're not always around, but it isn't unusual either.
Nick rocks!
I usually just wear jeans. The flies are heck on my dog. Heading up in a couple weeks I hope.
Oops, I missed your message because it went into my spam folder for some reason. Jeans will definitely keep the flies off, but I just can't stand to wear jeans in the summer.
Is this the Grand Marais the one on the North Shore of lake superior in Minnesota ???
No, this is one on the southeast shore in Michigan.
Nice!!!😊
I am drooling over the omars. Would make a good home for succulents.
Those holes are only about an inch across. Is that all a succulent needs?
9:10 could that be a seam agate, or possible vein or sagenitic ?
Could be, I’m not sure. We find some much more obvious seam agates.
I’m gonna maybe move to MI from CO am excited how to meet you
We drove to Colorado a few years ago just to drive over a mountain in our Jeep. That's a beautiful state.
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Glad to hear that a lot of those banded iron (red & black) rocks tumble nicely! I'm assembling a small bucket of those while in Wisconsin! Thanks for the beach trip! Despite the flies, that looks refreshing...especially as I simmer in 94 degree heat here at home in Indiana!
It’s 98 in Arkansas ! 🥵
It was hot that day and cold and windy the next day. I prefer cold and windy because the flies aren't out then.
Wonderful Michigan wildflowers! Beautiful "cool" lake!! Superior rocks!!! 😊
where did you get the fishnet pants at
You can find them in my Amazon storefront in the description of all my videos. I also have the shirt and I just bought a shirt and pants for my wife since she's been going out more often with me. I can fit them in two ziplock bags that I always keep in my backpack.
Flies or snow.. hmmm I think I’d go with snow. Thanks for sharing, looks lovely other than the flies
Actually the next day was cold and windy and the flies were gone. No snow either, so I might have been exaggerating.
@@MichiganRocks as long as the rock weren’t gone, that’s the main thing