Milford Obsidian

We drove down to the Milford Obsidian quarry following Bo's instructions. We learned that Bo is bad at estimating distances. (1 to 2 miles was actually .9 mile) The site is actually quite interesting. From the highway you can't tell that there is anything of interest. When you get up close the entire hillside is full of obsidian flows. It is not a high quality obsidian but is sufficient for our needs in learning to "Bop" also called percussion. The hillside is steep and there are lots of dig sites (holes) from previous excavations. We learned to walk around and look at everything before settling in to dig. This obsidian has lots of inclusions that vary in size from the size of a BB to fist sized chunks of fractured spherical detritus (crap). Most will be workable if you are selective about what you bring home. Some looks to be about the size of a Volkswagen but we were not willing to keep digging to confirm the dimensions. It was a beautiful day - about 70 degrees and sunny. Kerry wanted to go right back with a sledge hammer to break apart some boulders that were about three feet across that we could not lift. At one point Kerry was driving the 4 Wheeler down to the truck with a load of rocks and Kadee and I were walking down carrying the shovel and water bottles. Kadee was complaining that it was harder for her to walk down the hillside - it was steep - because she had the wrong kind of shoes. Then she said, "Well this might be easier if I did not have so much weight on my body." She cracks me up! Don't you just love what kids say.