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Highlights: Westmoreland State Park, Virginia, Usa

mgates100

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Hi Everyone,

Spent a weekend with family and friends last month in a cabin at Westmoreland, overlooking the Potomac River. Probably my best collecting to date - first Meg (posterior)!

The first day: conditions were perfect, the water like glass (see photo). We were able to see the bottom down to 1-2 feet and snagged some larger makos (hastalis) and the Meg in this fashion.

Second and third days: much windier, colder. Collecting was OK, but not as good as the first day.

Thought the framed "Tooth Art" from the visitor's center was pretty cool!

Mike

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Auspex Regular Member

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Some of my fondest memories are of Westmoreland; I'm glad you had a good time :)

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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sixgill pete Regular Member

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Awesome! I love that posterior.

Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt
behind the trailer, my desert
Them red clay piles are heaven on earth
I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt

Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers

 

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jcbshark Regular Member

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Beautiful colors on that Meg. Looks like a great hunt overall as well,congrats

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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