Posted in Adventures, Canada, Caves, Education, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, abandoned, animals, articles, backpacking, books, caving, culture, cute, environment, exploration, geography, geology, hiking, my life, nature, occult, ontario, photos, rockhounding, science on August 19, 2006 | 5 Comments »
IMG_5238, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Check these guys out, there were several clusters of these furry little agglomerations hanging from the roof. Some had fluffy white bellies. I find them quite endearing and have a bat house in my garden.
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IMG_5214
Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
A friend and I recently visited this mine and in discussing syenite in the last post, (a silica poor rock) I thought it might be of benefit to show an example of the stuff. The mine tunnel initially cuts through the reddish syenite in the bottom of a high hill but further [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Canada, Caves, Education, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, articles, backpacking, caving, culture, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, hiking, lapidary, my life, nature, ontario, photos, rockhounding, science, sports on August 17, 2006 | 2 Comments »
IMG_5170, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
A friend and I had visited a small local cave today to enjoy its beauty and hopefully examine the area and locate other likely caving spots. Following up a densely wooded valley there were signs of slumping rock and an old stone construction along the valley wall. We soon abandoned this [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Asia, Canada, Education, India, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, art, articles, backpacking, commerce, culture, economics, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, lapidary, my life, nature, ontario, photos, rockhounding, science, trade on August 7, 2006 | 4 Comments »
gemboree2 020, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Aristocracy oozes from his very pores, he is cool and non commital. I wonder if I am worthy to even barter. The table in front draws me closer. The salavitating rockhound within is fixated on the stones. Oh, oh, I must have a citrine! I cant help myself and he knows [...]
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gemboree2 026, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
The utilitarian, concrete shell of the curling rink is our first view of the show. It is one of the two buildings in which the gemboree is taking place; the other location is 100 yards beyond at the North Hastings Community Centre. Several canvas shelters are pitched outside. The heat, [...]
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IMG_4968, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
From left to right, Carol-Anne, Danni and Dale. They are following along one of the trench’s that leads beneath the escarpment. The bedding plane (around shoulder height) stretches out to either side. In mid-winter the water flows from the tunnels beneath the island. By all appearances the joints that score a [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Canada, Education, Family Stuff, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, articles, books, culture, environment, exploration, gems, geography, geology, hiking, my life, nature, ontario, photos, rockhounding, science on August 5, 2006 | 5 Comments »
gemboree1 025, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
A few days ago Greg Warchol posted a comment that led me to believe that he might be a rockhound in the rough. His comments about visiting Bancroft and previous questions about the gemboree and where to find interesting rocks have prompted me to say something about Bancroft’s annual rockhound [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Canada, Caves, Caving in Ontario, Education, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, adventure in Ontario, articles, backpacking, bizzare, caves in Ontario, caving, culture, environment, exploration, extreme sports, gems, geography, geology, hiking, my life, nature, ontario, photos, rockhounding, rocks in Ontario, science, searching for caves, sports, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, wierd on August 4, 2006 | 1 Comment »
IMG_5039, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
I am again jumping back to the trench tunnels that Danni, Jeff, Dale, Carol-Anne and I explored this past weekend. Here is a cool picture down one of the crawls that lead into the shelves to either side of the main trench. The formations crowd the spaces so profusely that we [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Canada, Caves, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Travel, articles, backpacking, caving, culture, environment, exploration, geography, hiking, my life, nature, ontario, photos on August 3, 2006 | 1 Comment »
IMG_5078, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Check out this amazing cataract in the middle of the river. It was an incredibly hot day and after caving we took a dip here. Sitting in the froth beneath is like a natural jacuzzi and if you lean back through the falls you find yourself in an overhanging cavity. From [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Caves, Caving in Ontario, Education, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, adventure in Ontario, articles, backpacking, bizzare, cave digging, caves in Ontario, caving, culture, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, hiking, my life, mystery, nature, ontario, photos, rockhounding, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, science, searching for caves, sports, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, wierd on August 2, 2006 | 8 Comments »
IMG_5051, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
In the distance I could see a white shape hanging down from the roof. As I crawled toward it the obstruction materialized from the gloom as a hanging boulder - not big enough to crush a house but big enough to cause some serious damage to a caver if it fell. [...]
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