Hi Geoff,
thanks for your West/Texas photo report. It's simply great to know some
crazy folks like you your compagnons out there. As long as there are some
people walking mile for mile, day for day and even for weeks, marking
extended patterns of straight lines with their feet on the surface and
looking for little stones which might have been fallen from sky - as long as
you meteorite hunting fools continue doing your job, something will somehow
be well done on this planet (perhaps except for some more problems for
farmers and land owners ;-)
Suzanne's stone: as extraordinary as Susan's house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHzDO_KIemo
Best regards from Germany,
Matthias
going over to Susan's house
- Original Message -
From: Notkin geok...@notkin.net
To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:59 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] West, Texas Photo Journal and Personal Wrap-up
Dear Listees:
Greetings all, from sunny old Tucson.
As if I needed anything extra to do after nearly three weeks in the
Tucson showroom, then straight off to West, Texas, I rocketed off to
California on a business trip and after that, well, there was other stuff
to deal with. But I don't have to tell those of you who are entrepreneurs
and own your own businesses what that is all about.
So, eventually, after much sorting, editing, and consideration, we have
finally been through every one of our West, Texas meteorite hunt
adventure shots, and compiled a photo journal of our favorites. That was
some task considering we shot almost 900 pictures.
Most of you probably don't know my good friend and fellow Tucsonan
Suzanne Morrison. She's a modest person and wouldn't tell you that when
we met ten years back, she was already an accomplished meteorite hunter.
She hunted with Steve Schoner years ago and was great friends with Jim
Kriegh. Those who know her well occasionally use her nickname, which is
The Queen of Holbrook.
Some years ago Suzanne moved on to other things and hadn't been in the
field for ages, but when I mentioned to her that I was headed to West,
she immediately said, I'm going with you. Well, she came back with a
vengeance. While hunting with our pal Sonny, she made a remarkable find
that put most of the rest of us to shame : )
You can see what Suzanne discovered and all our other assorted favorite
pictures, arranged chronologically, in an exclusive photo journal here:
http://www.aerolite.org/expeditions/west/west-texas-meteorite.htm
Photos are by Suzanne Morrison, Steve Arnold, Mike Bandli, Mike Miller,
Leigh Anne DelRay and myself.
I know I've mentioned this before, but I have to give a special shout out
to Mike Bandli -- one of the nicest, most enthusiastic guys you'll ever
meet -- and Patrick Thompson -- who is an incredibly funny and
entertaining comrade -- both of whom found their first ever meteorites
while hunting with us. Patrick went on to find one more than me, which
means he is on detention during the gem show next year. Also, kudos to
Jim Schwade -- really the only respectable member of our team : ) -- who
put in long days from sunup to sunset and was every bit as sprightly and
energetic as guys half his age. He made some nice finds too. And what
about that Steve Arnold? 69 meteorites, holy cow! We are placing a
serious handicap on him during future hunts.
It was a privilege to go out adventuring with so many great people, and
especially to see John Sinclair back in the field with us. Last time I
hunted with John was all the way back in Park Forest. Amazing and
memorable though Park Forest was, West was even better.
Finally, I want to add my thanks to those of you who complimented Michael
Johnson for running his online reporting of the West hunt on RFSPOD, and
hats off to everyone who flew, drove or walked to McLennan County to be
part of the chase. That was some adventure.
With best wishes to all of you, around the world,
Geoff N.
Tucson, AZ
www.aerolite.org
www.meteoriteblog.org
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