Fillmore County Hunts
Fossil Hunting Class! April 9th, 2016
UPDATE! I will be holding a 60-90 minute fossil tour at Whispering Winds on Saturday, April 9th starting at 1:00 pm. This will include getting to know your fossils and the fossil prep barn. Then you can purchase a laminated ID sheet with map for Fillmore County (7 sites within 10 miles of Spring Valley) … Continue reading
Yes, I’m Still Alive. :-)
And I can’t wait to go out fossil hunting! LOL 🙂 I am soooo tired of being trapped at the computer writing… But spring is just around the corner and the snow will be off soon! Beverly My email is: bcfossillady at gmail dot com Phone: 507-922-0083 This year I am hosting fossil hunts through … Continue reading
A Fossiliferous Labor Day 2015 Hunt!
The journey and many pictures here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/57520-a-fossiliferous-labor-day-hunt/ The Finds: Quarry Sand Pile Drusy Quartz & Worn Geode Beach Bryozoan Road
DUST N BONES Hunts Fillmore County
DUST N BONES is a new TFF member from St. Paul, MinnesOta – accent on the “O”. 😀 A 13 year-old budding paleontologist, his parents brought him down to Fillmore County to do some fossil hunting. And fossil hunt we did! I showed them at least 20 sites to hunt fossils, they knew about 3 … Continue reading
Family Fun Fossil Hunt – River Roots Skills School
This tour was organized through the Eagle Bluff Environmental Center’s River Roots Skills School (http://www.riverrootsschool.org/) as part of their ecotourism initiative. We got together on August 8th, 2015. People came early and stayed late. 🙂 The class was scheduled for 1-5 p.m. and the last people left around 7 p.m. It was a WONDERFUL class! … Continue reading
Grandkids First Fossil Hunt
These little ones are 4 & 5 years old. One Grandma had a day of doctor’s appointments so this Grandma picked up the slack. Grandpa works 3rd, so after many bubbles, tea time, tractor rides, a fascination with the hay loft and lunch I decided to get them out of the house and take them … Continue reading
Impromptu Hunt with Raggedy Man
Friday evening I logged into my email and there was a message from Raggedy Man that he was coming over to Bluff Country the next day and would I like to hunt? I emailed back that I had plans already and then Saturday dawned and my plans dimmed next to a day of fossil hunting … Continue reading
July 4th 2015 Fossil Hunt
Every 4th of July I get left home as Bob takes off with friends to ride his Harley Up North. And I fossil hunt! 😀 I’ve been doing a ton of gardening this year and today was no exception – Flower Addiction! – and didn’t get out into the field until late afternoon. It was … Continue reading
Raggedy Man Hunts Bluff Country
A while back Raggedy Man and I got to chatting on thefossilforum.com about fossil hunting spots in southwest Wisconsin, which I couldn’t help him with, and then fossil hunting here in Bluff Country. He contacted me this week about coming over and hunting and today was the day. Road construction in the northern states is … Continue reading
