16 Jun
Posted by Jason as Interesting Places, Rock Hounding Field Trips

Sorry for being absent for a couple of weeks. I ventured over to central Oregon over Memorial Day weekend. More specific I went to Madras Oregon to collect some of the famous Oregon Thundereggs at Richardsons Rock Ranch. I only had one day to collect there and it had been raining for about 5 days prior to me arriving so they were not allowing any digging to occur bummer.
So the only option that I had was to pick through the piles and buckets of Thunder eggs that were there for sale by the pound. I could not beat the price $1.00 per pound wow! So I filled up a 5 gallon bucket of Thundereggs from all of the Richardsons Thunderegg Beds, Blue Bed, Red Bed, Pony Butte, Priday Bed, Moss Agate Bed, and the last was the Opal Bed. Man did I have fun there, I must have spend a good 2 1/2 hours just picking through all of the rocks. Also the folks at Richardsons are very friendly and helpful. So if you go there strike up a conversation with them and they will tell you any and everything there is about Thundereggs.
So to rate this trip it would have been even more fun to have been digging my own Thundereggs but you can’t beat paying $35 for a 5 gallon bucket of some of the best Thunder Eggs in the world. I have cut a few of the Thundereggs, but I have not been able to take any pictures as of yet. I’ve been really busy but keep your eyes pealed to our up and coming posts as I will have lots of pictures and new sites that I have been to since my last post. Matter of fact I have two more Thunderegg field Trips to post.
One Response
Richard Delmonte
July 27th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
1Hello Bonnie, John, Norma and Johnnie
Great to see you all on July 2.
Your web site is excellent. Keep up the good work. Would suggest you show a diggins site photograph or two so that people get an idea where they will be spending part of their day (not hanging off a cliff or in a desolate landscape).
I hope Bonnie recieved and shared my email from several weeks ago. You can see where some of the blocks of minerals that had spheres cut from them now decorate our patio and walkways.
Best Regards,
Ric
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