When I first entered the field of education I taught at Tohatchi High School at Tohatchi, New Mexico, on the Navajo Reservation. Then I taught at a middle school in Northglenn, Colorado. I soon realized that most of my students and their families never got up into the mountains of Colorado to explore them and experience their magic. Since I love to spend time in the mountains I decided to take my student's families with me. However, requests to participate increasingly came from families and individuals outside of my school district.
Participants receive a field trip guide for each trip in the form of an itinerary.
The guides allow rock hounds to find great collecting localities on their own. I am now at the stage of cutting back on the number of actual Earth Tours so I can have time to publish and market the field trip guides. I am slowly compiling them into perhaps four guides that will become available as my time permits. Participants include students, rock hounds, individuals that have always wanted to learn more about geology, newcomers to the state, single parents who want the safety of a group, writers, and individuals that just have a need to get away for awhile and feel drawn to learn more about the Earth. Some of the attached pictures may take a little time to come up.