On Saturday, January 25, 2020, several BPS members and guests decided, despite the dismal forecast, to travel to a lake in Franklin county to collect fossils. The selected field trip site is a favorite and did not fail to please. Despite the raw and biting winds and persistent clouds, our group visited 3 sites throughout the day. Though two of the sites were less than forthcoming with fossil finds, one site was a treasure trove of Mississippian fossils. There were lots of crinoid stems, many blastoids (one HUGE one), nice corals (also a HUGE horn coral), a couple of trilobites, some hash plates that were not to be left behind, a stunning arm of a feathered star crinoid and many other nice collectibles. No one really wanted to leave the site but there was one more that we all wanted to visit so that’s what we did – staying until the daylight was all but gone. It was probably the cold and the wind but we all decided to head home instead of having the usual Mexican dinner. Even without the dinner and discussion, it was a good field trip.
