Hog Creek Idaho was the destination and Saturday was the day. I started the day very early 6:00 a.m. Normally that would have not been so bad but I did not get off of work until 12:30 a.m. from work on Friday ouch! So a sleep Jason had to still get all of his gear and the Jeep pack for the days adventure. I usually have to check everything at least 3 times as I always forget something “not this time though”.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Well I was out the door and on the road with a full tank of gas and heading to Nampa to pick up my fellow rock hound John at his house to pick him up at 8 a.m. I arrived at about 7:50 and that gave us a few minutes for John to show off some of his new pieces to me and nice they were. At about 8 we were back on the road this time to pick up our other partner in crime Doug who is also a member of the Owyhee Gem and Mineral Society.
 
 
After picking up Doug we finally were on the road with GPS in hand. The trip from Nampa was about 1 hour to get to Hog Creek. So it’s now about 10 and we arrived at Hog Creek and I think that it should be named more like Cow Pie Flats as there were almost as many cow pies as rock.
 
 
This is what we drove up to at Hog Creek we could have not asked for a more perfect day. The weather was partly cloudy and the temp was a mild 55 degrees and no wind at all. After we took a few minutes to admire the view it was time to get all of our equipment out of the Jeep and start looking for Geodes or Agate Nodules.
 
 
With in I would say 1 minute John was like we are here and showed me a cluster of crystals that he picked up within 10 feet of the Jeep. I was just amazed at how fast he found that. So I was really excited to go explore the hill side and get my own crystals. With my bucket and tools in hand I headed down the hill first thing I noticed was a small battlefield about a 100 yard long by about 50 yard down the hill of nothing but small holes and Cow Pies.
 
 
The specimens were at first hard to see on the ground as they kind of look like most of the rocks around the area but after a few minutes they will just pop out at you. If you ever come to this place you will see a lot of broken pieces of agate and crystal scattered around the hill side great for the kids to pickup. Back to the report we spent a good couple of hours roaming the hill side for our treasures and after each of us managed to fill a 5 gallon bucket it was time to call it a day. Man were we tired those buckets weigh a lot when you have to go up hill.
 
 
Well all in all this was a very unexpected day and I will definitely be putting Hog Creek on my places to revisit.
 
 
This is one of the Agate Nodules that was found at Hog Creek on this trip is she a beauty.
 
 
So I hope you have enjoyed this report on Hog Creek Idaho as much as I enjoyed going there!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thats all folks!