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Bootpathguy Member
Joined: 18 Jun 2015 Posts: 1787 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
Experience is what'cha get, when you get what'cha don't want
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Well, there is a governors mansion in Ellensgurg. Why not this.........
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Sculpin Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2015 Posts: 1376 | TRs | Pics
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Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:08 am
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It's pretty easy to find low grade Ellensburg Blue, most of it is really boring. I've never found the good stuff, that must be where the "rare" designation comes in.
Anyone found any good stuff? Show us pictures, I promise not to ask where it came from!
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
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Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9495 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
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Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:03 am
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Aren't there some more important issues for the legislature to address?
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Joey verrry senior member
Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 2794 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
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Joey
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Sat Feb 08, 2020 2:52 pm
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Snipped from the story:
"2020 House Bill 2757, as proposed, is to designate the Ellensburg Blue Agate as the state gem, and to move petrified wood to a designation as the state vegetative fossil."
I could say something about "state vegetative fossil[s]" but political commentary is frowned upon in these parts.
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grannyhiker Member
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 3516 | TRs | Pics Location: Gateway to the Columbia Gorge |
@Joey: no need for further comment; applies to other states, too.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
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Brushwork Food truck
Joined: 18 Aug 2018 Posts: 508 | TRs | Pics Location: Washington |
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Sat Feb 08, 2020 6:15 pm
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I like the idea of Ellensburg blue being the new state gem. Though I’d like more to find some....
So what if it’s not important. There are worse things to do.
When I grow up I wanna play.
When I grow up I wanna play.
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Sculpin Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2015 Posts: 1376 | TRs | Pics
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Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:56 am
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Brushwork wrote: | Though I’d like more to find some.... |
If you hike the top of Umtanum Ridge you can find them. Look for areas of lithosol, you have to venture off the road. All the ones up there that I found were somewhat milky and the color was much closer to gray with just a hint of blue. Yard rocks, but it is still cool to find agates in basalt.
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
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Slim This space for rent
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 560 | TRs | Pics Location: Falling off a turnip truck |
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Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:34 am
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"Lean mean money-making-machines serving fiends"
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Brushwork Food truck
Joined: 18 Aug 2018 Posts: 508 | TRs | Pics Location: Washington |
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Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:47 pm
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Thank you Sculpin! I did once find a pretty nice small EBlue, but sadly lost it. I didn’t know you could find some on Umtanum ridge, thanks!
I also found a nice small peridot in the Yakima river, thought it was glass, it was so green. Lovely to find treasures!
When I grow up I wanna play.
When I grow up I wanna play.
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