Saratoga Petrified Gardens
Went with the WeBeLo's up to Saratoga this am before the rains hit to cruise around the fossil beds. It’s a lovely 1-mile loop walk with plenty of interesting things to see for adults and kids interested in the geological past of the local area.
The picture above and below is the fossil remains of a the fossilized stromatolites' reef. The swirls in the rocks are the fossil remains. As time has gone on great and little cracks have appeared in the ancient petrified remains of the reefs.
Stromatolites have the appearance of “cabbage heads.” The surrounding land around the Saratoga area in PreCambrian times was once in shallow water along the ocean’s coastline. Stromatolites are algae formations from the blue-green algae group and are considered plant life. They gather in colonies.
Their scientific name is Cyanophyta. They contain chlorophyll. When they were alive, they were located in the ocean between tidal zones. In other words, they were exposed during the low tide and hidden (or covered) during the high tide. They were actually rooted within the tidal flats of the ocean bed. They developed during the Precambrian - Cambrian Period, nearly 540-1300 million years ago. These are rare formations.
All very fascinating and we had a great time.
Soccer Drubbing
Humility is good and the team got it in droves today. Oh well.. They were unbeaten, i.e. they had only tied and won games.
Football Drubbing
Da Raida's lost AGAIN. Boy was my prediction spot on for their season. I'm sad I was so right. It's going to be a loooong season again. I went 5 - 4 in the early games, straight favorites went 6 - 3. Well ya can't pick em all. Gosh now all I have to do is get 4 of 5 of the afternoon/evening/monday games to get my 9 correct for the week. This is not easy. The only two upsets I called against the spread in the early games was the KC and TB games.
Went with the WeBeLo's up to Saratoga this am before the rains hit to cruise around the fossil beds. It’s a lovely 1-mile loop walk with plenty of interesting things to see for adults and kids interested in the geological past of the local area.
The picture above and below is the fossil remains of a the fossilized stromatolites' reef. The swirls in the rocks are the fossil remains. As time has gone on great and little cracks have appeared in the ancient petrified remains of the reefs.
Stromatolites have the appearance of “cabbage heads.” The surrounding land around the Saratoga area in PreCambrian times was once in shallow water along the ocean’s coastline. Stromatolites are algae formations from the blue-green algae group and are considered plant life. They gather in colonies.
Their scientific name is Cyanophyta. They contain chlorophyll. When they were alive, they were located in the ocean between tidal zones. In other words, they were exposed during the low tide and hidden (or covered) during the high tide. They were actually rooted within the tidal flats of the ocean bed. They developed during the Precambrian - Cambrian Period, nearly 540-1300 million years ago. These are rare formations.
All very fascinating and we had a great time.
Soccer Drubbing
Humility is good and the team got it in droves today. Oh well.. They were unbeaten, i.e. they had only tied and won games.
Football Drubbing
Da Raida's lost AGAIN. Boy was my prediction spot on for their season. I'm sad I was so right. It's going to be a loooong season again. I went 5 - 4 in the early games, straight favorites went 6 - 3. Well ya can't pick em all. Gosh now all I have to do is get 4 of 5 of the afternoon/evening/monday games to get my 9 correct for the week. This is not easy. The only two upsets I called against the spread in the early games was the KC and TB games.
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