July 17

We left Quakertown Woods this morning and headed north but we didn't make too far. We had read in a blog that the Franklin, New Jersey area was a rockhounders dream spot. SO 😃🤪😃 I found us a campsite just north of the Delaware Water Gap right on the Delaware River and headed south to Franklin (about 30 minutes from the campground). The area is called the tri-state area as we're at the border of NY, NJ and PA.

The museum has an amazing collection of rocks, minerals, and fossils. This area was mined for zinc, calcite, fluorite and magnatites many of which are fluorescent.  As it was only in the mid nineties we cut out time in the collection area to about 3 hrs. We got a bunch of specimens before melting. May have to come back as we're only 4 hours from home. We'll be in Candia, NH midday tomorrow  God willing and the creeks don't rise.

Hate to see this adventure coming an end but we need time to get unrelaxed, see doctors, dentists, and plan out next adventure.

We heard from Nicole that a  better than full price had been received on the Florida house. So it appears that the goal of the trip was met. Maybe now she can join us on our future rockhouding plus adventures.