Trip Reports

Trip Reports

We go to a lot of places that we find interesting, but we don’t always film everything. We, instead, documents these trips with short reports.

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park – May 2026

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is located outside of the town of Escalante, Utah. It’s a small state park with a reservoir, visitor center and campground. The highlight of the park is the trail that leads to the petrified wood. It’s a self-guided tour, so make sure to pick up a trail guide before you…

Devil’s Toenails – May 2026

If you’re going to Capitol Reef National Park, you should definitely stop in at this location. It is a very short drive off of Highway 24 and the fossils are very abundant so it’s a quick stop right before the entrance to the National Park. The fossils are unfortunately called “Devil’s Toenails”, but they are…

Antelope Road Brachiopod Fossils – April 2026

On a nice April day we drove out Antelope Road, east of St George, Utah, to look for marine fossils in the slope next to the road. We used this Wooster Geologists blog post as a guide. According to that blog post, the fossils are primarily a type of brachiopod called rhynchonellids. They are crumbling…

Zabriskie Station – March 2026

Zabriskie Station is a locality near Death Valley National Park that is said to have precious opal. It is listed in rockhounding books and a popular spot for club outings. There is definitely precious opal here but it is very, very tiny. Most opal we found was plain, white common opal. We only found one…

Shoshone Museum – March 2026

If you’re visiting Death Valley, the Shoshone Museum is worth stopping at to check out their rock displays, both inside the museum and outside. Don’t miss the world class specimens of colmanite in the back of the museum! The front of the museum is dedicated to local human history. Entrance is free. This museum was…

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