This is a post from me, Roddy, a rare thing these days on our blog. Sorry. Ok, perhaps I’m not that sorry.  That aside, last weekend on our road-trip up the coast of California we stopped at the Benitoite Gem Mine near Coalinga, CA. I am always trying to find more cool minerals, fossils, and [...]

Roddy and I have taken our share of road trips. It has been our primary way of traveling since  college. Each summer we would take at least a month to explore the good ol’ USA. We’ve kept up the tradition, and I would like to think that we have gotten it down to a science. [...]