This morning I donned some good shoes and headed out with a walking pole to amble around the hills near my house. There are ATV trails all over the place and, initially, I stayed on one of those. It curved up and down and, whenever I'd come to a fork in the road, I'd take the one that headed further up. Eventually, I left the obvious trail and just wandered around, heading generally south. Here's a cliff a few hundred yards from my house.



There are rocks all over the place and one of these days I'm going to get myself one of those ATVs with a rear storage area and go up there to collect some nice flat ones for stepping stones, walls, and the like. This morning I found a few interesting rocks but decided to bring this one home.


At first I thought it was petrified wood. I ran into someone on the way back home who thought it was a geode but, since there's no cavity, I don't think that's an accurate description. In any event, the natural design is definitely unusual and attractive.

Comments:

Would certainly be an interesting walk of stones around the outside of the house!

The rock almost looks like a Native American carving. It is very unusual.

comment by troutbend on Apr 23, 2008 9:14 PM ()

You name it and I'll make it.

reply by looserobes on Apr 24, 2008 7:35 AM ()

Wow, you must be in ship shape! Beautiful pics and interesting finds on your walks.

I fancy myself as an amateur geologist, but your rock has me stumped. Could be a geode. They don't have to be hollow, just crystal filled. I've collected many a rock in my wanderings. I'll be sharing some of your Utah beauty in 10 days!

wow!that is great.Love to hike up those hills.
I am always or should I say both of us love looking for rocks
We try to make a rock sculpture of this.I have one on my
first dog that dies .The others around the house.
They are great.You ought to try this and come up with a lot
of stuff.I will try to post some when I get around to it.

You live in gorgeous country! It doesn't really look like a geode, or really petrified wood. It is lovely! Did you just post this? It wasn't here when I anwered "Michael."