Bradbery Family Adventures
January 2020 While in west Texas for our mule deer hunt (here) we visited the small town of Marfa. That is the town famous for the mysterious Marfa Ghost Lights. We also stayed after dark to see them (here). As we drove around Marfa we came across an awesome rock Continue Reading;
Steve, Robin and James. Nov. 2017 The three of us took a couple day road trip to Arkansas to visit The Crater of Diamonds then to Mount Ida for some crystal hunting. The first stop on our diamond/crystal road trip was actually the Trinity river in Texas where we picked Continue Reading;
For many fossil collectors and paleontologists, Whiskey Bridge, just outside College Station, Texas is a Holy Grail to visit and collect at. The Brazos river cuts through the Stone City formation exposing some of the best preserved Eocene era marine fossils known. Best of all, it is all on public Continue Reading;
Despite the thousands of lightning strikes that have hit our local area with the storms of the past few weeks, only rarely have they made an impact visible after the storm passes. Most strikes hit earth or water and leave little or no sign at all of their passing. Scorched, Continue Reading;
Last weekend for Valentines Day, Steve and I spent a few hours hunting along the banks of the Brazos looking for fossils. We chose the popular Whiskey bridge area and were not disappointed. Steve found the prize of the day in the form of a mostly intact cuttlefish “skeleton”. It Continue Reading;