Outdoor Memorabilias......what's yours?

[kgd]

Wait a minute - are you saying its illegal to pick up a bald eagle feather? They aren't even endangered. Hell we have three birds foolish enough to nest on the Detroit River - because they are being driven out of all the great inland habitat in Michigan. Oh well. What the hell is an eagle going to do with a feather its already shed anyhow?

As for myself, I often collect little bits of rock from different places. Not sure why. I have some rocks from 'The World' the Palm Island in Dubai shaped like an atlas - my rocks came from their crappy rendition of Europe. I have some from Jamaica, Honduras, St. Lucia, Guatemala, Mexico (Merida), Barbados, Germany, Brussels, and different spots in Canada - PEI, pebbles from all five Great Lakes, Stanley Park - Vancouver. Curiously, no rocks from the U.S.

 

[cmdionne]

That's what I'm saying

http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/BALDEGL.HTML

The Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940 has nothing to do with their endangered status (or lack there of)

But when was the last time our government did something that made sense?

 

[kgd]

A feather isn't a bird....I think I know, I am a biologist

We have the moose on our quarter and as far as I know it is still fully legal to take their crap, shallack it, and then sell it as jewelery. Sometimes I just rejoice at the freedoms, we socialistic Canuks enjoy

 

[Mentor]

Much of my hiking is done along sections of the Niagara Escarpment, parts of which are treasure troves for geologists, archaeologists, and palaeontologists. I arrived home today to find a package waiting for me. It was from a friend who I recently took on a nice long hike on the Bruce Trail (her first real hiking experience). She quickly caught the outdoors bug and went out shortly after our outing for a solo hike in the same area, during which she came across a few bits of amazing trail memorabilia. She sent me these two:

Pretty freaking cool, eh? I can't believe that I have hiked these trails for years and never noticed any fossils, but I suppose that I do tend to enjoy the forest as a whole - which often causes me to miss some of the 'trees'. Anyway, these two trilobites have been given a coat of varnish and are now sitting in one of my knife cabinets, awaiting a more suitable home. I am swamped with work this weekend, but next weekend, I think I'm going to take a nice long stroll / fossil hunt on the Bruce. With any luck, I will be able to fill my pack with some fresh apples (which grow all over the trail) and a few trilobites.

All the best,

- Mike

PS - I grew up wanting to be a palaeontologist, so this is doubly cool.

 

[kgd]

Trilobites gotta love that !!!

 

[Midnight Scout]

I usually pick up an interesting small rock as a memento or sometimes I bring back the walking stick I use for the hike and keep it with others I have collected over the years.

 

[Don Rearic]

Mike,

Those are incredibly cool! I wish I lived in a place where I could have a very small collection of pieces like those, they're beautiful.