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Today I got into the city (Chicago) a little earlier than I wanted for a family party, so I drove a couple miles North to Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop in Evanston, to see if they had anything that I was interested in and also to see if he had a display of echinoids in the museum. I did not buy anything today and they did not have a display of echinoids in the museum. Here are a couple pictures of what they had for sale, without the price tags. This is just a sampling of things. After I post those pics, I will add pics of a couple fossils from the museum. You may have seen some of them from before, but I forget what fossils I take pics of. Now these next pieces were really cool and I have never seen them before, I should have asked the price.

I had to drive into the city this morning to visit the dentist and see my grandson. Prior to heading home I decided to drive the additional 4 miles to see what new fossils Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop in Evanston, Illinois had to offer. If you have seen my previous posts on the little store you will remember that they have some great stuff to offer. In this post which like the rest, will be picture heavy. I did not take pictures of everything that the store had to offer, but I did take pics of some cool stuff. The store has fossils for every budget and I am sure you will see something that you like. In addition to fossils, the store has a huge selection of rocks, minerals and jewelry, and that is what most customers seem to come in for. The lower level of this store holds an unbelievable collection of fossils, from Mazon Creek to trilobites to dinosaurs to White River Badland fossils. I other posts I have taken a lot of pictures of the fossils on display in the museum, but for this post I just took a couple cursory pictures so you can see what I mean. If there is some picture that is not of the best quality let me know and I will see if I can post a larger size example. If you are ever in the Chicagoland area, this is really a must visit, when @Monica was recently in town I took her there and I think she will agree that it is a great place to visit. It will take me a couple posts to load all of the pictures, so if you look at the first couple post, I will not be done so, stop back a few minutes later. Now on with the show----- I think there are a couple things that @Troodon and @Ludwigia might like.