Pikes Peak Pebble Pups

Pikes Peak Pebble Pups

Friday, June 24, 2011

Another Trip to the Florissant Quarry

The Florissant Fossil Quarry is the best place in the Pikes Peak region, and perhaps Colorado, to spend time looking for fossils.  For $10 per hour, you get all the tools you need and all the fossils you can find. This site has been operated by the Clare family since the 1950s. There have been five generations of the Clare family living in Florissant.  Today we were hosted by Cole Clare and one of the employees, Patrick.
A crew of fossil hunters are hard at work

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