Josh and I left Joplin on Saturday afternoon after visiting the Tri State Mineral Show there and rockhunting with the KC Mineral Club members at some of the old tailing piles on the north side of town. We drove back to my house and re-packed the truck to drive up early Sunday morning to catch the last day of the Geodefest at Keokuk, Iowa. For some reason, that weekend is real popular for rockhunting events, so I have to split it in two to make both.  On the way up there early Sunday morning, I told him to keep his eyes peeled for a nice pond on the right side of the road, cause it looked like we were going to have a beautiful sunrise. Lo and behold we did, and he spotted a big pond so I could get some nice reflections of it….

…we drove on north a few miles and then turned off the four lane onto two lane Hwy 61 that took us up into Keokuk…just north of Alexandria, we crossed over the Des Moines River into Keokuk, Iowa and were met with this gorgeous sight as well, so I stopped on the wide shoulder of the bridge to capture it as well….

…moments later a huge dump truck came up onto the bridge going north and made the whole bridge sway, so after he passed by, I shot this next one with a bit more color in the sky above…

…for more of this story on Geodefest, take a look at my site www.jwjrocks.com and if you have any questions you can reach me at jwjphoto7@gmail.com