Neither one of us had any idea as to what to expect. We had
volunteered to give a wire wrapping demonstration at the open house at the Gulf
Coast Gem and Mineral Society’s, (GCGMS), lapidary shop and had brought several
displays of our lapidary and wire wrapping.
So it was a pleasant surprise when about twenty people showed
up, along with a camera person who wanted to film us for a segment on a local
public channel. I soon went into my teacher mode and as usual I talked a lot
and for once kept my sharp wit and jokes to a minimum.
The audience paid attention and asked really good questions
so it went well. I went over my allotted time, which didn’t surprise me, and
Renita took images for our blog. It was nice to be able to help out as the GCGMS
has provided us with so much instruction and help as we have learned and
increased our lapidary art.
Next on the agenda was our friend Mark; (he visited us in
Wyoming and went fossil fish digging with us at Kemmerer). His presentation was
about rock tumbling and the different types of tumblers. It was a really good topic
as most people begin their rock obsession by first tumbling rocks.
He talked about rotary verses vibrating tumblers, and even
though I have done quite a bit of tumbling, I learned quite a few things including
pitfalls I have not yet encountered. As he gave his presentation he passed
around different finished samples from the different types of machines. He
really did a great job and the audience’s questions showed their interest in
starting tumbling themselves.
The rest of the open house involved a show and tell of the
lapidary shops equipment and rock inventory.
What could be better than a day of rocks, tumbling
demonstrations, and most importantly meeting new people? Making new friends and
learning new interests is really what our fulltime RV lifestyle is all about!
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