Hey everyone
today we're a little bit north of Rogers City, this is Lake Huron behind us
we're going to do a little rock hunting
this beach looks really sandy, but I stopped here a couple weeks ago and got out
and ran down and looked in the water and there are some rocks in the water
so
anyhow, that's the plan for the beach
and after that we're going to try out the bike trail that runs from Rogers City
all the way past Hoeft State Park for a while and
we haven't been on it before, but it rides along the lake here, so it should be a
beautiful day for a rock hunt and a bike ride
(Nancy) well, I'm kind of
looking up here around the high land area a little bit because the rocks are a little
bit bigger than they were along the shoreline
and
haven't found too much, but did find this little fossil here on the top, and then
a very very small puddingstone
on the bottom
(Rob) that red stripe caught my attention
just granite though
what's that down there?
a little Gowganda Tillite
nice one
if you like Gowganda Tillite, that doesn't tumble very well, so I don't usually take
it home, it's a pretty little rock
looks like Nancy has something
(Nancy) just a kind of quartz-y
I don't know, rock there
(Rob) that's kind of neat, neat stripes
(Nancy) and then this piece of chert that
has some interesting stripes
(Rob) yup
looks good
beautiful morning out here
I think I just spotted a puddingstone down here, haven't picked it up yet
oh definitely
that's a nice little guy
purdy
when you've got a lot of limestone
any bright colored rock tends to look really good
here's a fossil of some sort
I guess that's cladapora, but
usually the fossils are a little bit bigger in cladapora
(waves lapping)
whenever I see a red like that I think puddingstone because the Jasper
in puddingstone is real red, oh it is a puddingstone
I thought it was just going to be a chunk of jasper that might have fallen out of one
but
little bit of white in the back there
I think that might be another little puddingstone right there
my neighbor Sam likes to collect the really little ones, so
I'll bring that home for him
Nancy's got something to show us
ooh
(Nancy) yeah, it's got a
not sure what it is
(Rob) it's not chert?
(Nancy) that was my guess when I picked it up, but it just kind of seems a little
different than most of the chert on this beach
(Rob) yeah I'm not 100% sure, that would've been my guess, but
nice, whatever it is
that's probably worth throwing in the tumbler
(Nancy) see what happens
lot of chert in this area, this one I just thought was kind of cool looking
(Rob) didn't really expect to see unakite here, but
it's not a very high quality piece, actually it's more granite
okay, take that back
I think that's granite
which unakite is actually a type of granite, but
not sure if that counts
it's pretty either way
looks like a cool little horn coral down here
haven't had too many green rocks along here
there's one, it's kind of pretty
I'd guess that's epidote
there's another little puddingstone
it's not great quality, but
it's a puddingstone
that's the first big rock I've seen
got some interesting little pits in it
the water is just beautiful
if I was wearing my bathing suit I'd be in there
when you're walking along and the
water turns kind of a brown-ish color
it's time to look up and see if there's a stream
and there is one
right here
kind of meanders
down over there by Nancy
and comes out right here
a funny little horn coral
I guess it's a horn coral, I'm not even sure
I think that's a little cold-water agate seam along there
cold water agates form in limestone
rather than like basalt or rhyolite
that's a large gowganda tillite
that's pretty
we'll leave that one here though
that's an interesting one
I don't know what that is exactly, kind of looks like chert, it's got a little bit
of pink right there
that's neat
(Nancy) if you're rock hunting in this area you're going to find some fossils, so
got a few that I've picked up to show you what's in our area
(Rob) that's neat how it goes all the way through
(Nancy) yup, we don't have Petoskey stones around here, just not kind of the right
swath of rock I guess exposed here, but
we do have other fossils
(Rob) got another red something, I don't see any white on it, but
that's a
pretty piece of
jasper anyhow
wonder if that fell out of a puddingstone
I always kind of wonder that
we have not had a single fly on the beach, it's not super windy
compared to going to the UP a couple weeks ago, it's really quite nice here
couple things caught my attention down here
that's just
kind of interesting, and while I was looking at that one I noticed there's
a puddingstone right next to it
probably not worth taking with me
find something?
(Nancy) mudstone, probably already
showed a few of those already
(Rob) that's a nice one though (Nancy) yup
(Rob) I always like mudstones
think that's chert, it's just kind of odd
another piece of chert
completely different color
yet more chert
that's kind of a cool one
found a little puddingstone, some
pretty colors in it
that red and that red are completely different
I just picked up this piece of Jacobsville sandstone and threw it back down, but
I had just walked past this one
kind of strange that they're here
you don't see a lot of this here, you see a lot of it up in Lake Superior
here's a pretty one
look at all the colors
fun markings on that one
alright, it's time for our bike ride, and so
we're going to head north and possibly stop a few places and see if we can find
a few more rocks
(birds chirping)
(Rob) we're at the north end of the bike trail
and that stops
at the 40 mile point lighthouse
nice little tourist stop
the beach is pretty sandy
there's rocks out in the water
kind of wearing the wrong shoes right now
(Nancy) got your dad shoes on
(Rob) [laughs]
yes, yes I do have my dad shoes on
I didn't expect to see a shipwreck here, but
here's a shipwreck
there's a sign over there that says it's the wreck of the Fay
F-A-Y
part of the Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary
if you're a diver
it's a pretty cool place to go diving
I'm not a diver, but
I hear it's cool
don't know if you can see, but this goes quite a ways
it's mostly covered in sand
kind of a strange rock
but I guess it's a puddingstone, there's not much matrix though
pretty right there
so
Rob's got his dad shoes on, so he's not going out in the water but I
I bought these shoes that I can kind of go in the water with
and
walk in the rocks and feel comfortable with, and nice thick soles for walking in
the rocks, so
I see something, I'm going out there
taking one for the team
wish me luck (Rob) go get it
except you've got to hold my purse
didn't plan on rock hunting
I lost it
(Rob) oh, now we've lost the rock. Oh, to your left
go to your left, straight forward
down
(Nancy) we saw this side, I was hoping maybe something would be better
on the other side
nope, it wasn't
(Rob) how's the water?
actually feels kind of good, it was kind of one of the reasons I wanted
to go out there, I haven't been in the water all day yet, so
(Rob) it is nice (Nancy) it does feel very good
(Rob) nice
it's not gneiss, like with a g, but it's
it's pretty
I think that's a good way to do it, you just get the rocks and I stay up here on
the beach nice and dry
(Nancy) found a Petoskey stone, kind of low quality, but
those are not too common around here
(Rob) should not be that far- this far north, but
I guess there's a few
it's the first one we've seen all day, we've been out for several hours
I think I see a little puddingstone
get the rock!
(Nancy) need me to go fetch? (Rob) get the rock! get the rock, girl!
go forward
3 giants steps forward
okay, turn to your right
go forward
(Nancy) that's cool
(Rob) good girl
[laughter]
you're going to get in trouble for those comments
your viewership is not going to like that
(Rob) I'm going to get smacked pretty soon
alright, I've decided I don't like this not being in the water myself
not all it's cracked up to be, but there's another little puddingstone
I'd say this spot is better than
closer to Rogers City where we started out
definitely, a little bigger rocks and some variety
(Rob) yeah
nice
Nancy's got another one
(Nancy) like the pretty colors, kind of purple-ish and
(Rob) that is cool
this is driving me nuts
I can see the rocks but I can't get them, there's a puddingstone right
in front of Nancy
that's not it
nope, go to your right
yup, right there
not a very good one, huh?
I saw the red, it's ok
(Nancy) a little more texture in this one
just kind of a little mystery rock, I'm just not quite sure, we have two very
different
matrix materials there
(Rob) I don't know what that is
hey Nancy, I found a rock
(Nancy) think I got a good one
pretty nice on this end anyway
(Rob) oh, that's really nice
(Nancy) not so much on the other side
(Rob) well let's not look at that end
let's just focus on the good part, that's a very nice one
(Nancy) yeah
(Rob) how's it going down there, Nance?
(Nancy) going well
(Rob) I felt the need to stand on the giant rock
okay, after telling you there wouldn't be any petoskey stones up here
here's another one, not good quality, show the top of it
and the other side
(Nancy) that's the base of the coral
(Rob) definitely a Petoskey stone, looks like maybe a little horn coral in
there too
(Nancy) here? (Rob) yeah
(Nancy) I spotted a mud puppy
first I thought it was just a dead fish
not so sure that this is alive either
oh, well it's moving a little bit
but it seems like it's half-eaten on the top
so I'm going to call that a dead something
sorry, you animal lovers
(Rob) spotted something here
what is it, quartz?
(Nancy) yeah, looks like it
pretty cool
(Rob) yeah
what'd you find? (Nancy) another cool fossil
(Rob) yeah
from afar I didn't see the fossil part, but I see it now
that's cool
hi again, we have biked our way from the 40 mile point lighthouse all the way into
Rogers City
and it was just a gorgeous path, highly recommended along the lakeshore
and then through some woods, and it curves and it's just really pretty
(Rob) and it smells nice (Nancy) and it smells nice, yeah
right now it smells nice right here, too because we're hungry and we're standing
next to the Pavillion Grill at the Rogers City boat harbor
so we're ready to eat
(Rob) alright
different kind of smell, but I smell burgers
let's eat!
(Rob) looks good
I went for the philly smash burger
(Nancy) looks pretty good
(Rob) off in the distance there is Calcite Quarry, it's the largest limestone
quarry in the world
I did a video there earlier this spring, I'll link at the end
if you want to check that out
actually did it on the beach along there
but right here is Fossil Park, so if you want to see some of the rocks that come
out of the quarry, they dump them here
and I'm not going to take time to look at these right now, because we've got
a fairly long bike ride back to the Jeep
but it's a pretty nice setup, they've got
a table here you can turn on the water and wash your fossils off
and then over here
it has some information so you can
try to figure out what you found
well we've been here most of the day, haven't we?
thanks for joining us, we had a great day
I've got a couple other videos from previous Rogers City rock hunts I've done
so click on one of those, and we'll see you over there