Paul Calman proclaimed:

> I'm going on patrol again, and fishing for interesting stuff to see and do
> along the way.
> Leaving California with 3 other heavily loaded motorcycles and camping the
> whole
> time . We will be heading east on 50, hope to make Lehman Caverns at the
> Utah border day one, then thru Green River and to Ouray CO, spend a few days
> there, ride the train, etc, then up to Cedaredge uphill from Delta for a few
> days, then heading back on 50, then 6 thru Helper to SLC, on to Boise, then
> either stay on 84 thru the Dalles to Portland, or out 20 or 26 to Bend and
> then up 26 to Portland to visit someone, then out to Tillamook and down the
> coast all the way to Tomales Bay before heading back home into the Sierras.
> I'm interested in geological, historical, technical, or just plain odd stuff
> to see and do, in addition to the stuff my research has
> already turned up, but we won't be riding on any unpaved roads.
> Expecting it to be a bit warm, and will be prepared.

Have you been down to Crystal Geyser yet, near Green River? Any local
can tell you how to get there. Lotsa honey onyx right on the bank
just to the left of the geyser and up on the small ridge to the right
behind it. Also lotsa dinosaur bone [soft, speciman quality] along
the cliff behind the geyser. Actually several bone areas along the
dry washes as you head down to the geyser. You pass the old
missile base and thru a small canyon, then on the right you have the
clay formations called Maggies Teat [after a former cafe owner
downtown]. Then a rather large jumbled pile of stones a bit
bigger than a car on the right, stop at the next wash to the
left. There is bone all over the north side of that wash in
pinkish and green variety.

From the town of Green River, head up the west side of the
river to where the road ends just as the river comes out
of the canyon. On the east side, they've paved much of
the old road and in the process cut off access to the old
mining roads that cut along the cliffs and end up several miles
east at Thompson Junction... on bikes you might be able to get
thru.

A bit more obscu About 14 miles east of Green River, watch for
Floys Wash. Head south a few miles and stop just past the old
corral. Facing more or less south, turn left and walk until you
come to a drop off with a huge butte a few hundred feet on the
other side. The top of that butte is pretty good agate.

Arrowheads all over the place out there, as is small hunks of
carnelian.

Between Green River and Thompson Junction, about half way, there
are old roads leading off to the left to some old ghost mining
towns up against the lower flanks of the Book Cliffs.

If you get down to Moab, ask the locals how to get to the old
Fowler mine up in the LaSalles at the old ghost town of Miners Basin.
Used to be some halfway decent amethyst up just to the left of the
old cabin. Don't pan the gold from that creek, it is moderately
radioactive, as is the air in the old mine shaft which may have
been borded up by now.