In my teens, I spent countless hours hiking on and around the Saddles. I found a band of gem quality opal in one piece of petrified wood at the top, but never was able to find more. Some petrified wood areas were agate, and others common opal. I still have a lovely striated curved piece of petrified bark I use as a book end from there. Close to the Columbia River there used to be huge deposits of fish bone and teeth fossils that I dug through as well.
It gets windy there quite often.. a lot of the material on the west end of the ridge is petrified "bog" material , multiple opalized stems , roots and even seeds can sometimes be found in the same specimen , and a lot of the bog takes a very high polish ✔️
In my teens, I spent countless hours hiking on and around the Saddles. I found a band of gem quality opal in one piece of petrified wood at the top, but never was able to find more. Some petrified wood areas were agate, and others common opal. I still have a lovely striated curved piece of petrified bark I use as a book end from there.
Close to the Columbia River there used to be huge deposits of fish bone and teeth fossils that I dug through as well.
Whoa! That’s just making me want to go back!!
What amazingly finds.
Thanks! It’s an amazing place!
Saddle mt is in my top 3 for WA!@arslongarocks
@Dirt47 What are your other 2?
It gets windy there quite often.. a lot of the material on the west end of the ridge is petrified "bog" material , multiple opalized stems , roots and even seeds can sometimes be found in the same specimen , and a lot of the bog takes a very high polish ✔️
Wow, that’s so cool. I found a lot of strange shaped masses that when cut open had beautiful orange colors inside.