2.5. We actually dig.

$6.00 gets you digging rights. 

My vintage Estwing rock pick. Yeah, we brought our own tools.

Mom scaled that shit. And believe me, shale is one slick (and sharp) rock.

Shale comes apart in flakes.

I perused our finds. It was evident that many intrepid fossil hunters had spent some time cracking rocks on this picnic table.

This caught my attention in the interpretive center's bathroom. Fossil hunting is a dusty business.
Our hands required several washings.

Next up: Fossil pics!