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I love it @ironshield, I wish I could have been there.
Down here, the "beaches" meaning Ocean side, are all gray, finely gritted
Sand, often dredged up from a river bed and pumped onto the beaches
To counter the erosion. As you may know, the Gulfstream is a river in
The ocean, that flows northward, so there is a southerly current along
The shore that counters it. The "Barrier Islands" and beaches are
Always trying to migrate south. It's natural, but people who own
Realestate do not want that to happen, SOOOoooo
Conversely, the RIVER sandbars are usually pure white sand, but even
There time is ruining my memories, as the river levels in general are
Declining and the pollution is increasing.
I had to look up "petoskey stone"... wikipedia gives an interesting
History of the name as it explains the origin of the stones.
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We were hanging on Lake Huron, just north of Lake St. Clair. There was a sailboat race going on earlier in the day and we could see rows and rows of sails off in the distance. A huge storm came through around 7 pm, we left just in time to miss it.
The water levels were so much higher than last year - there was hardly any beach left. If it goes up a few more feet, it'll be on people's lawns! The home owners were complaining last year about low water levels and how the great lakes are drying up. Funny how things go sometimes.
Petoskey stones are usually found on the west coast of Michigan, but sometimes they show up on this side too. They're a bit rarer, but that makes finding them that much more exciting!
What a beautiful time at the beach! I am glad that @guilty parties listed this article on his daily highlights, otherwise, I would have not seen it. I usually go to the steemsilvergold tag to read articles.
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Howdy sir ironshield! Looks wonderful there, enjoy it while you can, fall will be here soon! lol. I've never seen a stone like that, are those rare, what is it?
Michigan's state stone is a fossil called petoskey, named after a city on lake Michigan. We were on the other side, lake Huron. Petoskeys are pretty rare here, I was pretty happy to find some.
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looks like a nice day by the water and those stones are so cool :)
It really was a fun day! Thanks for checking it out!
Thats great to hot here to go to the beach during the day but I did get a beach walk in this morning )
my pleasure to visit ;)
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Awesome! I love finding Petoskey stones. You can polish them by hand with some high grit sandpaper. Check out the guy on YouTube named Michigan Rocks.
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I'll check out Michigan rocks YT page for sure. It would be fun to polish this stone, I'll look really good!
Found a great video tutorial. Thanks!!!
I love it @ironshield, I wish I could have been there.
Down here, the "beaches" meaning Ocean side, are all gray, finely gritted
Sand, often dredged up from a river bed and pumped onto the beaches
To counter the erosion. As you may know, the Gulfstream is a river in
The ocean, that flows northward, so there is a southerly current along
The shore that counters it. The "Barrier Islands" and beaches are
Always trying to migrate south. It's natural, but people who own
Realestate do not want that to happen, SOOOoooo
Conversely, the RIVER sandbars are usually pure white sand, but even
There time is ruining my memories, as the river levels in general are
Declining and the pollution is increasing.
I had to look up "petoskey stone"... wikipedia gives an interesting
History of the name as it explains the origin of the stones.
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Well done!
Thank you for your excellent comment!
We were hanging on Lake Huron, just north of Lake St. Clair. There was a sailboat race going on earlier in the day and we could see rows and rows of sails off in the distance. A huge storm came through around 7 pm, we left just in time to miss it.
The water levels were so much higher than last year - there was hardly any beach left. If it goes up a few more feet, it'll be on people's lawns! The home owners were complaining last year about low water levels and how the great lakes are drying up. Funny how things go sometimes.
Petoskey stones are usually found on the west coast of Michigan, but sometimes they show up on this side too. They're a bit rarer, but that makes finding them that much more exciting!
Yes, the wiki post said that about the stones locations.
Did you just experience a total loss of function in both Steemit
And Palnet? I did. Most frustrating. I wonder what happened?
What a beautiful time at the beach! I am glad that @guilty parties listed this article on his daily highlights, otherwise, I would have not seen it. I usually go to the steemsilvergold tag to read articles.
Glad you came by! Tomorrow is Mene Monday, so #steemsilvergold post is coming!
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Looks like a gorgeous summer weekend. Those petoskey stones are impressive!
We had a great time. The weather was perfect... Before the storm.
Looks like a fun day! Also never heard of a petoskey stone before!
It was a blast! It was fun hunting for "semi-preceous" stones!
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Howdy sir ironshield! Looks wonderful there, enjoy it while you can, fall will be here soon! lol. I've never seen a stone like that, are those rare, what is it?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petoskey_stone
Michigan's state stone is a fossil called petoskey, named after a city on lake Michigan. We were on the other side, lake Huron. Petoskeys are pretty rare here, I was pretty happy to find some.
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Very interesting, thank you sir ironshield! That is one unique looking rock!