Fillmore County Hunts
Fossil Site Site-Seeing with Penny!
This hunt was “fossil site site-seeing”!!! LOL 😀 Penny and I have been friends on thefossilforum.com for a while now. She had contacted me this spring about coming up for a hunt and we waited until the weather was just right – and was it ever! Blue skies and upper 60s, perfect for fossil hunting … Continue reading
Spring Five Site Fossil Hunt with GEODE!
April 18th dawned as a beautiful day for the annual Spring Flood Run for motorcycle enthusiasts from around the region. Bob took off on his Harley and I decided to go get my annual State Park sticker at Forestville State Park, just 12 miles away. I wasn’t really planning on fossil hunting, but I threw … Continue reading
Easter Fossil Hunt 2015
Easter was a lovely day with temps in the high 50s and blue skies. We decided on an Easter supper and put the ham in the oven. Bob went motorcycle riding on his Harley and I went fossil hunting. After a long winter of freeze/thaw there should be a few new fossils just fresh out … Continue reading
Andreya Goes to Quarry Hill Nature Center & Much More!
This was Andreya’s (Bob’s granddaughter 6 years old) last visit of the summer and what a day long adventure it was – I think she and I were both wore out by the end of the day! Lots of firsts for Andreya, three fossil hunts – two impromptu – and fun right down to the … Continue reading
Wolffish & Old Bev Go Hunting
Wolffish PMed (private messaged) me that he was going to be out this way with a free afternoon and wanted to hunt the Ordovician. WONDERFUL! I love to meet new people and go fossil hunting! When he got here, I gave him a short tour of the fossils we may find. Ah, he’s hunted extensively … Continue reading
Masonic Park Hunt Late April 2014
Apologies, as I have not been posting my hunts this year – just so busy! 🙂 But for the next one to make sense (and as an apology to Wolffish as to what I got him into) these pictures might make some sense. It was a late April day with temps in the 60s, sunshine, … Continue reading
Andreya’s Big Hunt!
I am going to start this from the end, and then you will know why I used this title. This was a whirlwind (Kids get bored quickly!) 3 hour 5 site hunt! Six year old Andreya’s first fossil hunt of the year, and within three minutes she says, “Bev, Bev, I found a weird one!” … Continue reading
July 4th, 2014, Hunt – Found Waldo’s Mate!!!
Bob went motorcycling for the weekend, so that left me alone for the 4th of July again. I heard the whispers in my dreams, or was it just good memories of last year’s 4th of July hunt? This year I slept in and took off about mid-morning. I came home exhausted but happy by 1 … Continue reading
A Fossil Journey – LOTS of PICTURES!
So, this all started out last week with my decision to hunt up some new fossil grounds on Hwy. 30 in Fillmore County because I heard through the grapevine that people were finding “dinosaur bones” down near Granger and Pine Creek. I know enough to know that they aren’t finding dinosaur bones, but Ice Age … Continue reading
The Geology of Bluff Country by Gary Erickson
The Geology of Bluff Country by Gary Erickson is a short book that is a “Must Read” for anyone coming here to fossil hunt and/or interested in the unique geology of this “driftless” area. Gary Erickson was an Earth Sciences teacher in Fillmore County for many years and he hosts the Fillmorenature.blogspot.com on our sidebar … Continue reading
