Misc.
Minnesota Bound Fossil Hunting Episode!
Minnesota Bound is a TV series that focuses on outdoor adventures in Minnesota. In May of 2018 Laura Schara and her photographer, Kent, came to Whispering Winds to experience the adventure of fossil hunting! How FUN! And of course, I invited some very knowledgeable fossil hunters to join us. The episode, I believe it is … Continue reading
Mid-America Paleontology Society 40th Expo
MAPS is here! April 6-8, 2018, Sharpless Auctions, Iowa City, IA http://www.midamericapaleo.org/index.php
Trilobite Beetle Found in East Asia
This is Super Fun! https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/161028-trilobite-beetle-singapore-vin?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20171226video-resurfbeetles&utm_campaign=Content&sf175995662=1 Copy and paste the link to National Geographic and be AMAZED! No they are not related to the ocean crawling fossil trilobites, but were named after them!
Eagle Bluff Skills School April Classes
What beautiful weather we had for these two first fossil hunts of the season through the Eagle Bluff Skills School! Friday was our traditional afternoon class and Saturday was our first morning class. The morning classes are great for those who want to buy one of the three fossil hunting maps I have compiled for … Continue reading
Coco Says VOTE!
Coco is a 28 year old wild burro adopted through the BLM Adopt-A-Horse-Or-Burro program in 1989. He has more ribbons and trophies than most horses. He has been a wonderful ambassador for the Program and donkeys in general his entire life. In my home, the policy is that if you don’t vote you don’t get … Continue reading
Just for FUN! Halloween 2016
I LOVE decorating for Halloween! The challenge is to do it inexpensively, so I thought I would share a few of the scenes and a few of my tips. 🙂 Just an old garden stake and some leftover quarter inch wood painted up. The zombie coming out of the ground I made with a scape … Continue reading
Fossil Camp!
Want to spend a day, a weekend, or a week immersed in fossil hunting the most fossiliferous county in Minnesota and enjoy the amenities that Bluff Country has to offer? Half-Day Fossil Hunt – $40 per person A morning or afternoon fossil hunt that starts with a tour of the fossil gardens at Whispering Winds … Continue reading
NEW! Forestville/Mystery Cave Park Fossil Hunting Map
16 Fossil Hunting Sites Around Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park! These sites include the ones that Mystery Cave takes its guests to for their fossil camp, and a whole lot more. Lots of shale, so excellent for trilobites. And although you can’t collect in the famous in fossil literature Rifle Hill Quarry, you can collect just … Continue reading
