Fossil Hunting

Grandson Reed and I started out exploring the small creek behind our house looking for "little lobsters" (crayfish). We didn't have any luck finding "lobsters".

We found some insects and wildflowers but switched to fossil hunting.





As Reed inspected rocks for fossils he would toss the rejects into the water. This could explain why we couldn't find any lobsters.



Reed inspects this large fossil rock.



The fossils in our area are shells about 350 million years old from the Carboniferous period.