The following five pictures were taken on a fossil hunting expedition
to the Mazon Creek area of NE Illinois in June 1996
D'oh!
"Born under a bad sign..."
Therefore, we had to improvise...
Roger discovered that an empty bean can makes a great place to hide a beer!
Roger and Bob at the dry campground
Roger Olson and Bill Stang
If stopped by a ranger, though, we could always claim that
a beer can is a necessary piece of scientific equipment.
Here's one being used to scale a Calamites fossil.
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