Our next stop was Rockhound State Park. The camping spots are at the bottom (we're the little white dots in the center of the picture). You climb the hills (or are they mountains? They seem like mountains as you climb them.) to look for rocks like jasper, agate, rhyolite, perlite, and geodes. The cool part of this park is you’re allowed to remove up to 15 lbs of rock. Given that we’re living in this small RV, I only got a handful of rocks, but it’s still cool!
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| View of campground at Rock Hound State Park |
Eastern parks are very strict about staying on the path. They don’t want you to damage the ecology of the area. Out west it seems to be more open. Paths are just suggestions. So, while they have a path, the best rocks are found by scrabbling over the hills and rocks. Hint: I found it is best to walk longer distances rather than taking a shortcut alongside a cactus. Dang, they hurt!
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here is a different type of cactus here called Fishhook Barrel Cactus. It’s not the ones that I brushed up against but I like them. You can see the spines are like fishhooks.
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| Fishhook Barrel Cactus |
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