The biggest Rock and Gem Show, The PowWow (I have no idea where the name came from as it seems there is no connection to Native Americans) started yesterday. It is amazing. There are venders here selling everything from rough, just dug, dirty-grey looking rocks to $1/gram polished slices of swirled and dendritic stone to high end jewelry and rock/gem art. It is beautiful and an absolutely amazing look at the work of nature. I sure don’t need to be lugging around any rock but it was certainly tempting….I still might just end up with some little token of the adventure since it is a couple more days before we leave.