Tyson Wells Flea Market.
Jan 24
Cool 64 degrees, cloudy
We did the PowWow so thoroughly yesterday, we decided to visit some of the “lesser” venues today.
The rarely seen Horseshoe Cactus.
We walked through Tyson Wells and found a lot of stuff that was not rocks. Alaskan seafood, produce, hardware, t-shirts, RV mats and rugs, wax gel, bike repairs, kitchen gadgets, postcards, dates from California, soaps, shopping bags, chairs were some of the varied items we saw. You could buy glue that holds anything together, including car parts. This would be handy for anyone. A couple folks sold some sort of artistic items, such as hearts made our of coat hangers, and dried cactus structures. World famous cinnamon rolls did not even lure me in this year. The closest things to rocks here were the Orthocerus things (an ancient squid-like ancestor), and Himalayan halite lamps.
A stuffed camel guards a fossil water feature-only at Tyson Wells.
Bonnie bought a few beads, just to get her bead-buying “fix”, and I bought some very decorative small pieces of turitella agate from Wyoming.
"Fake" rock at the Tyson Wells Show.
Across the way was a more interesting stop—a pile of slabs. Yeah! Here I found some interesting Picasso marble with nice spooky black/gray patterns and brown for good interest. With bits and pieces of poppy jasper, and a really nice chunk of old Mexican crazy lace, I had a good bag full of stuff for Bonnie to take back to the car!
A couple places at Tyson Wells had good pickings.
How many cabs could you get out of this Pallet sized piece of Mookaite?
We stopped back at the Desert Gardens, and the Australian dealer John Bennett asked us “What are you doing here? The bargains are at the Powwow!” I told him I wanted to get a picture of an even bigger piece of Mookaite than I saw two days ago. I bought a couple of Condor Agates I am eager to cut: pricy but nice.
We stopped at T-Rock and I sorted through a pile of Morrocan Agates, buying a few at their usual great prices.
The afternoon was spent motoring across the undulating desert, sand dunes, and Imperial Valley of California.
Realistic California PETRIFIED wood.
Tonnage of it!!!
We could not help but stop at a rock shop in Palo Verde, California when we saw tonnage of California Petrified Wood. I have seldom seen petrified wood that looks so like real wood.
All you wanted at bargain prices! A buck or two a pound. Your neighbors will think you brought home driftwood. This would be more like sinkwood than driftwood.
This is the final Quartzite Post, BUT, I have a couple humorous blogs in the next few days. You will really like the one tomorrow..I promise.