6/7/15 Join Us As We Dig 300Myo Fossils In The Francis Creek Shale

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Back home again in sunny (and humid) South Florida. As I've now been able to download the photos from my camera I'll tack them on here. I'll likely start a new topic to chronicle the ongoing freeze-thaw cycling of the nodules and show any interesting fossils that reveal themselves within.

Looks like Tammy and I were a bit derelict in our duties with the camera as we didn't stop often enough to snap as many photos as I'd like. Seems we were a bit preoccupied with "nodule fever".

Here are a few of Tammy at work on "the wall" prying away loose material in search of nodules:

I was on shovel duty for most of the day clearing away the debris so we could continue nibbling away at the wall with the screwdriver:

(Do not adjust your set--I was standing with one foot in a hole. It just looks like I'm about to keel-over)

Here's the only in situ photo I remembered to take of a nodule emerging from the mud, clay and shale in the wall:

Cheers.

-Ken

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Here is the only photo I ended up taking on 6/7--the day of the scheduled hunt that was not to be. This was taken as the front rolled overhead just a few minutes before the skies opened up and precipitated with gusto. You can see why this hunting trip attempt was, quite literally, a washout.

I'd like to thank Charlie (fossilized6s) once again for being optimistic and heading down from Wisconsin anyway though the weather report looked sketchy. I hope he was able to get out last weekend as a 'rain date'.

Cheers.

-Ken