Rockhounding Doesn’t Stop In Winter
By Sally Taylor Winter is here for rock and treasure hunters in the North. Looking out of my window today, I can see the snow caps on the mountains near by. I really can’t complain too much. My home hasn’t been turned into the inside of an aquarium or been swept away, so I can consider myself fortunate. Nonetheless, I am a rockhound, and for a rockhound winter is never all that welcome. Chiseling rocks frozen to hillsides out of the ice is not completely unknown to me, but it’s not thebest of rockhound experiences by all means. Winter doesn’t have to be a dead time of year for us though. By organizing the phases of yourrecreation to the different seasons, you will find you have much more time in your huntingseasons to actually hunt. Your hunts will be more productive as well if you use your down seasonfor learning, planning, crafting, and selling. Now is the perfect time to browse the libraries and old maps and books to plan our trips for nextsummer. Local museums often contain many old maps and pictures that can be used to researchareas that there is little time to research during the summer This is also the perfect time of year tojoin clubs and attend seminars or classes that you were reluctant to give up time outdoors for inbetter weather. These activities will not only teach you more about your chosen recreation, theywill also allow you to meet others with the same interests that you can exchange site informationwith or plan outings with. Rocks that have been tucked away during the summer months can now be conveniently broughtout, cleaned, classified, and crafted as well. Cold, rainy or snowy days were just made for gettogethers with other rockhounds to craft your finds. With Christmas just around the corner youmay be able to get some ideas from other rockhounds about what kind of gifts you can make fromyour summer caches. Displaying and selling your crafts and any finds labeled for sale you canalso gain funding for a winter trip or next season’s hunts. For those of you in the south who are looking out your window and thinking about how great it isthat hunting season is coming your way, it’s now time to shake off the winter duldrums. Whileyou’re hunting season gets under way, we hope you will think of us in the north and send us somepictures of your finds and information about the areas you are hunting in down there. You justnever know when some of us will decide that enough is enough and head south to hunt in areasthat we wouldn’t have ventured to during the blast of the summer sun. 2005 Sally Taylor: Sal is an avid gem and treasure hunter, explorer, writer, and is the owner of http://www.rockhoundstation1.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Sally_Taylor http://EzineArticles.com/?Rockhounding-Doesnt-Stop-In-Winter&id=106205 buying other diflucan where online have generic other diflucan a without take prescription their diflucan or online because overnight like florida both 150mg did diflucan should online there order like
