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<p>[QUOTE="ValpoBeginner, post: 3112934, member: 77066"]Wherever I travel throughout my region on my daily journeys, I always imagine the landscape as it was throughout the ages.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the benefits of living here in Valparaiso is that after the ice ages had come and gone, minerals from way above the canadian shield that broke off from mountains transported by the ice and were deposited in the ground here.</p><p><br /></p><p>One year I rented a motorized post hole digger to ease the digging in my largely clay backyard, in which I planted my mini orchard. Up from the ground I pulled out a 9oz. piece of jadeite. I was thrilled.</p><p>I'll post a picture when I get a chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to rocks in the ground we also have what are called erratics, which are boulders transpoted by the ice, and they come in many different sizes and mineral makeups.</p><p><br /></p><p>What Id really like to see is the bottom of Pinhook Bog, which is near Michigan City. It used to be a 90 foot deep kettle lake, that became a true quaking bog after sphagnum moss grew on the top of it and created the bog environment. No one knows what type of animals or artifacts lie in wait at the bottom, but they do know that whatever they do find will be perfectly preserved due to the anerobic environment that bogs create that can preserve "bog mummies" for thousands of years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't think that I'll ever find out what is down there. It is owned by the Federal Government and has been managed by the National Park Service since 1962. You can take a ranger guided tour and they let you jump up and down on the mat of living moss covering the lake causing trees to shake all around you. TALK ABOUT A COOL EXPERIENCE. The day I got to do that is in my top 10 coolest natural phenomena I've ever witnessed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ValpoBeginner, post: 3112934, member: 77066"]Wherever I travel throughout my region on my daily journeys, I always imagine the landscape as it was throughout the ages. One of the benefits of living here in Valparaiso is that after the ice ages had come and gone, minerals from way above the canadian shield that broke off from mountains transported by the ice and were deposited in the ground here. One year I rented a motorized post hole digger to ease the digging in my largely clay backyard, in which I planted my mini orchard. Up from the ground I pulled out a 9oz. piece of jadeite. I was thrilled. I'll post a picture when I get a chance. In addition to rocks in the ground we also have what are called erratics, which are boulders transpoted by the ice, and they come in many different sizes and mineral makeups. What Id really like to see is the bottom of Pinhook Bog, which is near Michigan City. It used to be a 90 foot deep kettle lake, that became a true quaking bog after sphagnum moss grew on the top of it and created the bog environment. No one knows what type of animals or artifacts lie in wait at the bottom, but they do know that whatever they do find will be perfectly preserved due to the anerobic environment that bogs create that can preserve "bog mummies" for thousands of years. I don't think that I'll ever find out what is down there. It is owned by the Federal Government and has been managed by the National Park Service since 1962. You can take a ranger guided tour and they let you jump up and down on the mat of living moss covering the lake causing trees to shake all around you. TALK ABOUT A COOL EXPERIENCE. The day I got to do that is in my top 10 coolest natural phenomena I've ever witnessed.[/QUOTE]
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