Rockhounding

 

Adventure Location: Falcon Heights, Texas

Adventure Date: 3-12-2022

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One of the really good things the Park Service did here at Falcon State Park is the docking solution at the long boat ramp. The boat ramp serves well from a full lake to about 35 feet low. The dock is slid up or down the dual launch ramp between the two ramps. So when you launch the dock will be at the proper elevation to fit most of the boats that come here. Here is a picture of the dock now. There is no water within a quarter mile of the ramps now.

Apparently they use a piece of the park equipment to push/drag the dock up and down the ramps between those curbs. We have watched it in action and also launched kayaks from that ramp. We think it was a great solution to the varying water level trouble here at this lake.

One family has this solution to the water level being so far down.

They leave their park campsite and drive the motor home down to the shore and spend the day in luxury fishing. At night they have to go back to the regular campsite but come back each morning. That is a lakefront area the OFM has walked many times taking pictures for this blog.

Years ago the OFM's dad used to mess around in this area of Texas as a rockhound. It is a fertile area for finding rocks to cut and polish.

The OFM has not gotten the itch for rockhounding in his life but definitely enjoys looking at the product of all the effort. Here is a picture of some of the rocks that turn into real beauties when “worked on”.

This particular rock had been driven over and broken open. The OFM guarantees that when it has been sliced thinly and lap polished it makes a spectacular decoration when back lighted for display, especially with colored lighting.

Rockhounding and all that goes with it can be a great way of trying to have tooooo much fun.