We have a beautiful Herkimer 'diamond' in our rock collection.

Keep the tips coming.

I used to think that Pennsylvania was a really big state. When you see maps of the 13 colonies, it looks like the pioneers got to Pennsylvania and said, "We've got to start making states big, or we'll never get to California." However, I know now that PA is only about 2/3 as big as Missouri.

I used to think of Missouri as middle-sized until the evening that we had to cross it on the diagonal with huge semi's roaring by. I thought it would never be over.