Today I was blessed with the privilege of being able to interview the man who discovered and mined the world famous Owyhee Picture Jasper. This afternoon I met up with Bruce Markus of Nampa Idaho and talked rocks. Not just any type of rocks but Owyhee Jasper. The conversation started off with a [...]

Ashwood Oregon’s famed Rockstock is kind of up in the air this year. I spoke today to Cathy Friend of Friends Ranch in Ashwood this afternoon and received some bad news. Darrel Friend which was one of the main organizers of Rockstock passed away on January 29, 2009. Cathy did mention [...]