Rocks Rocks Rocks!

[pecan]

Hi my name is Liz and I hoard rocks.

That's right, I have a problem. If I see a cool rock, it must come home with me.

I think I am in good company here with others who may have the same disease.

We took a trip out to our property a few weeks ago and I came home with some beauties! They are very different from the mostly brittle rocks I have found in the mountains and desert around here. They are very dense and despite their appearance have an almost glass smooth finish.

 

[j.w]

Oh mama those are some hot looking rocks! I confess I have the same problem and need therapy. I have a bunch right now laying out in our driveway cuz I found a mother load spot to drag them home from and I'm not telling anyone where that is

 

[Priscilla]

LOL! My husband has the same problem! This really cracks me up!!!!

I will post some pictures of what he calls his quarry. A collection of rocks he's found.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Those are some very cool rocks! I rarely find cool rocks in the wild, and i've been to some places with great rock formations, but usually the small rocks are pretty dull. I'm also not sure about the laws on it so I don't think I want to risk it.

Same thing when it comes to driftwood. I've seen a ton of cool driftwood along Lake Michigan, but I don't know if its legal to take or considered destroying a habitat

 

[pecan]

Those are some very cool rocks! I rarely find cool rocks in the wild, and i've been to some places with great rock formations, but usually the small rocks are pretty dull. I'm also not sure about the laws on it so I don't think I want to risk it.

Same thing when it comes to driftwood. I've seen a ton of cool driftwood along Lake Michigan, but I don't know if its legal to take or considered destroying a habitat

Out here you can get a permit from the DNR to pick up rocks. It's is fifteen dollars for a permit to get up to one ton of rock! They provide a map of where you can get them. Depending on the type you want. You just go out to the area on the map start hunting

Just out in the desert or mountains, no actual quary or anything. Just hunting wild rocks.
These came from our property though.

 

[Lisak1]

Those are some very cool rocks! I rarely find cool rocks in the wild, and i've been to some places with great rock formations, but usually the small rocks are pretty dull. I'm also not sure about the laws on it so I don't think I want to risk it.

Same thing when it comes to driftwood. I've seen a ton of cool driftwood along Lake Michigan, but I don't know if its legal to take or considered destroying a habitat

We've scavenged driftwood from Lake Michigan... Even had a ranger help me load a large piece in the back of the car one year!

 

[Mmathis]

So just WHAT IS this attraction to rocks??? I suffer from the same addiction -- I love rocks!

 

[mtpond]

Awesome rocks Liz., and yes I love rocks too! Do they have such a thing as rocks anonymous LOL!!!!!!

 

[mrsclem]

Same problem here. I cant use them around the ponds as they are above ground but have been eyeing a huge pile in a neighbors yard. Told hubby to get a truck- going to move those to my yard if I can.

 

[DrCase]

Hi my name is ron and i have Rockaneedea

 

[addy1]

LOL I am the same way, hauled them in boxes across country!

A friend has a huge pile he wants gone, one of these days he will bring them out to us. We don't have a way to haul them. Not pretty ones like yours pecan, but nice.

 

[taherrmann4]

I have been picking up rocks whenever we go on vacation and it is practical to bring home. It all started about 15 years ago on our honeymoon to Hawaii, where I brought home a piece of coral rock on the beach, it must weigh around 20lbs. These were the days before your luggage had to weigh 50lbs or less or pay an overage charge. I think this started my pond journey as we lived in a condo at the time and my plan was to make a fountain out of it to put on our deck. I do the same for driftwood now if I see a neat piece I will take it!

 

[pecan]

Maybe if everyone takes pictures of their rocks and posts them here for all of us to see it would be some type of good therapy.

Show me your rocks!!!

 

[taherrmann4]

You ask and you shall receive!!

And my a sample of my driftwood!

 

[HARO]

It's an addiction, all right. I have rocks from BC, PEI, and just about everywhere in between. Even a few from Europe and New Zealand! This affliction is in your genes. (No, not like the rocks you put in the pockets of your JEANS.) When my parents bought their first house back in 1960 or so, my dad would take his wheelbarrow around the building sites and collect any rocks he could find. These he used to line both sides of the driveway. Later, when we moved to farm country, he would push that wheelbarrow for miles to find rocks to build retaining walls and rock gardens. His father and grandfather were respected masons in the old country, so I come by my rockaneedea honestly!
John