Rockhounding — Amazonite

It was Saturday May 2nd.  I had a decision to make.  My brother and longtime rock hounding partner John and his son Joe had a lot of work to do, they would be busy all day.  To make matters worse, Jordan my daughter and other long time rock hounding partner had nursing finals the following week, there was no way she could get out.  I was itching to get out as I had been cooped up in the house for longer than I could remember. I had never gone rock hounding outside of my hometown by myself before.  I packed...