1/31/18 Lunar eclipse

We got up early this morning to see the lunar eclipse.  I wish I had brought a tripod, but tried to steady the camera as I took some shots.  They came out better on the camera, but I will put one or two up for you.  We decided to drive towards (not into) the downtown area to catch several venues that were featuring fossils and minerals.  Our first stop was fantastic!  There were some wonderful fossils there.  Some of them were used in unusual ways.  We saw a few bathroom sink bowls that were imbedded with lots of fossils.  I'm sure that would make a very unusual and beautiful sink.  One of our favorites was a huge slab of petrified cottonwood made into a table (see pic).  I was only $90,000 and we were thinking of buying it (right!), but it wouldn't fit into our suitcase.  Some of the shops were very high end and I can't imagine who would have enough money to spend on these items.  We spent a few hours walking from one venue to another and then came home for lunch.  I walked to the store (about a mile each way) to get some envelopes for paying our bills.  I didn't have that on our packing list, but it will be there when we get home.  We don't have to be to work tomorrow until 12:30 so I think I will make some brownies tomorrow morning to bring with us to share.

It is too bad the eclipse pictures are so dark.  The first pic in the next set is of the pricey table.  Then was have some fish fossils, Dave standing next to a huge fossil and then a close-up of the crinoids imbedded in the stone.  The last pic is of an ichthyosaur (the dinosaur, not Dave).