Rocks and Sunshine!

First of all... did you see this new banner???

I think Samm has really outdone herself, it is so me!

LOVE IT!

I ran away for a while last week,

We made our way across the new bridge at Hoover Dam!
Can you see the little people walking across it in the upper right corner?

That thing is huge, and quite disappointing because you can't see over the side when driving on it. You have to stop, and drive on the road to the dam, then.... there are these police officers picking and choosing who they will allow to go. So frustrating!!! We were not chosen, so we just took pictures from the dam. Security.....I wish they were allowed to profile, it would save alot of time and headaches for the average citizen!

After a day of driving, we arrived at this great place.

Lots of rocks, just look at the size of some of those amethyst geodes!

They had some the size of my nine year old there - 4 feet high!

I thought these crystals were neat. They are titanium sprayed quartz crystals.

These were a little disturbing.

I know they are stalagmites, from a cave... and it has taken eons for nature to create, makes you wonder which cave is missing these beauties.

But a rock is a rock I guess???

Last of all, these sandstone tables. I thought they were just beautiful.

Like my mother, I like the things that have a little "man" in them, meaning that the things I like most are those that have been worked, and manipulated from it's original state by man into something beautiful.

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It was so warm in Quartzite, 80 degrees, that was too much of a temperature difference! Made me a little sick. But I think that was a good thing. I couldn't shop as much.

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Why do you suppose the guys get such a kick out of taking us women to a place where all we can buy are heavy rocks? Maybe it's because we can only fill our bags with so much. After that you have to drag it to the car, and that's embarrassing!