What do you do when you wake up to a rainy morning and you’re on vacation in Bethel?
You visit the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum…
Where it’s all about the rocks!
No, really…. it will be great.
Before we even made it inside there were awesome rocks.
Folded marble? Who doesn’t love that…
And check it, pink girlie rock!
I knew this was going to be good…
So you can imagine my disappointment when we discovered the museum was undergoing renovations and only had one room of rocks open to the public.
One room?
Okay, there was the Maine state fossil.
And one seriously freaky fish.
But….
But…
Only one room of rocks?
Even a chicken sighting didn’t cheer me up.
There weren’t nearly enough fossils.
Or gems and minerals to satisfy me.
But there were some pretty cool space rocks.
And they were certainly out of this world.
Some of them didn’t even look real.
But they’d make a fantastic kitchen countertop all the same.
Moon rocks rock…
But actual martian rocks?
Disappointingly dull…
The final case held Maine tourmaline.
Hugely popular for jewelry up here.
And in honor of our visit…
I had worn my pair of raw Kyanite bracelets.
Do I know how to coordinate or what?
A few polished balls later…
And all too soon…
We were done.
We’d seen all there was to see.
Except for the gift store…
Which had some absolutely fabulous jewelry!! With absolutely fabulous prices… and the husband couldn’t get me out of there quickly enough.
But if they ever finish the renovation, I’d go back.
One can never see too many rocks.
River's world..... 
Oh woman, you certainly had your fill of rocks.
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One can never be rock-filled.
😉
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Didn’t get enough rocks outside you had to go see some inside?
https://gph.is/2Imq8AH
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One can never view too many rocks!
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If you are ever down my way, check out the Smithsonian’s rocks and gems…
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It’s funny, we’ve spent time in DC a few times but never managed to make it there.
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OK THEN
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How punderful it is to know you were thinking of me when you included that BAD PUNS photo (you WERE thinking of me, right? Because if you weren’t, I’m going to demand all my bad puns back).
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Of course I was thinking of you.
And I’m not lion!
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I agree a girl can’t have too many rocks, whether with alcohol or as jewelry! As always River…YOU TOTALLY ROCK!
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Rocks… a very diverse group. All of which I approve!
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“One can never see too many rocks.”–that’s where we differ–I would say, “None can never see too many foods!”
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Yes, but if I ate as often as you’d like me to? I’d be too fat to travel!
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Good job coordinating your decorations with theirs!
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A happy coincidence….
I mean, yes. I totally planned that!
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Not sure what happened to the comment I made… Disappeared into the ether. Anyway, Rock
On!
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For some reason it went to Spam… but I rescued it.
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I like the pink girlie rock! My style. 😀
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There’s a rock for everyone!
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That is true! 💯
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… well, alrighty then. But when you run out of rocks, what’s left?
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Wait and see!
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Those were some beautiful specimens, some of which I had never seen before and now I have to Google things. And jewelry, you say? Jewelry at reasonable prices, you say? What a magical place!
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Jewelry at not so reasonable prices. But still gorgeous…
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I spent 45 minutes Googling new rocks after that post!
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You’re welcome…
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