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He certainly is worth watching. I'd put Rob Thomas, Myron Cook, Shawn Willsley, and Nick Zenter in the same pot and would be equally happy with whichever excellent, thought provoking, and friendly geologist a blindly picked out sample brought out. I may have misspelled Shawn's and/or Nick's...

Ha! Don't I wish I had Rob Thomas' youth, his PhD, his stellar teaching career, and now his stellar writing and video production career! I have had the distinct pleasure and honor of some correspondence with Dr Thomas over the last 5 or 6 years but our paths have yet to cross in person, even...

Well, time for another SWAG (Sophisticated Wild ****** Guess about some rock pictures, something I quite enjoy doing: The picture of "discolored water" is at the end of a sequence including several beaver dams and ponds. It looks like the picture is centered on the exposed bottom of a drained...

The first time I visited Browning I was on a 6 week geology school field trip with 30 or so students and faculty. Every one of us was a pasty white kid in our late teens to early 20s. It was mid- July 1975. We spent a morning visiting the Museum of the Plains Indian before moving on southeast...

Well, Sir, you discovered some pretty interesting rocks. The fractured nature is most likely due to freeze-thaw cycles where small amounts of water seep into tiny planar fractures in the rocks. Even though the clean cut nature looks unnatural, it is entirely natural. What is more interesting...

Looking forward to your reports from the APR. We had to change plans to visit twice since 2020, due to some mechanical issues with our old truck and some profound operator error (don't ask). But we'll get there some day! Did you step into the Montana Tavern (pictured above) while in...

We enjoyed a sammich and a beer at Burger Bob's right there on Main back in September while enroute fron the Centennial Valley to White Sulphur Springs. Bozeman is nice!

If you enjoy nonfiction reading about Native Americans, you'd probably like the work of Vine Deloria, Jr (1933-2005), author of Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (1969), God Is Red: A Native View of Religion (1973), and many other books and professional papers. God Is Red was the...

No worries on the spelling of archaeology. It's actually one of those words with more than one generally accepted spelling. And I guess you may have meant paleontology, anyway. The archaeologist is most often considered a social scientist who studies human activities using material left...

Your "go-no go" decision is an example of one for which there's no incorrect answer. It's great to be on the road but also great to watch the seasons come and go right outside of your window. You've prepared a fine, fine nest for yourself and the puppies. Happy New Year! Foy

You discovered the granites of the Louis Lake Batholith, a body of intrusive igneous rocks approximately 2.6 billion years old and related to the more widespread outcrops of the Sweetwater Mountains granite exposed in the Sweetwater Mountains at the Independence Rock and Martin Cove historic...

Nice! We drove through the Loop Rd in 2015 with the F350 Crew Cab long bed towing the 20' long hardside pop up, starting from Lander as you did. It got pretty interesting past Blue Ridge so looking forward to seeing how it went for you and the puppies.

The ranch looks terrific Jerry. In an obviously backhanded way, you have had the opportunity to enjoy the unfolding of Spring this year due to your medical condition. Also may have been able to support your late neighbor and his family during their period of loss. Most all clouds have a...

And further adding to the difficulty of securing non-operating mines is the fact that there are many thousands of them. Foy

Sorry to learn of your towbar damage! Suppose by now you're repaired and mobile again. The Toquerville Mine is part a fairly unique silver mining district known as the Silver Reef. The Silver Reef is one of the few places on Earth where silver chloride ore minerals occur in sandstone. The...

Looks like the Madison Limestone continues to provide gifts to you! The outcrops look like Madison all day long.

Based on your photos and descriptions, my wife and I spent the last 3 nights at Crystal Lake in the Big Snowies south of Lewistown, MT. We lack the fitness and endurance to gain 2,200' in 6 miles to get to the Ice Caves, but we did tackle the trail from the Crystal Lake Campground to the Crystal...

The background of the tribes which came to live on the Rocky Boy Reservation is pretty interesting. Shameful and tragic in many ways, in terms of their experiences, but interesting when compared to many other tribes' stories. Foy

Totally forgot about the "Old Jules" recommendation. Mari Sandoz was a fine, fine writer, and her father Jules Sandoz was a mad genius (and by mad, I mean miles beyond eccentric, complete with violence inflicted upon his family and many others). I expect you'll enjoy "Old Jules". Try and find...