Reply #28: That is a cool piece of jaspar

[DeschutesRiver]

I can easily make out the rose, but can't find the coyote:)

We moved here 10 years ago, and if you just drive through the area, it seems rather monotone with miles of the same juniper, ponderosa and sagebrush everywhere. But now having explored the ranch on foot extensively, I've found little pockets here and there with rocks of every color of the rainbow - one place has this shade of green rock, another has a different shade, another with blues or deep mustard yellow ones with marvelous veins of dusky rose, yellows running through light turquise stones, pink rocks of all things, and even petrified wood with crystalized veins of quartz that make them shine. One hillside I've nicknamed Jewel Hill, because when I first came across it, the sun just glinted off small rocks of multiple colors, of which more arise with every desert rainstorm. Quite extrordinary, actually and always unexpected against all the dull brown and green vegetation here.

Which is why I'm glad all my dogs have been adventurers, too, because it makes exploring fun!

DR