Sometimes we just forget........

by HeySal
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how it is to be someone who is not in IM.

When my niece was growing up we only got to see each other once in awhile - but she would hear talk of my adventures in the rock and gem fields and always kind of idolized me. Well, now I'm in CA and living a mile from her. I found a great crystal location and took her with me. She was soooooo stoked to be digging real crystals and finding them herself. We went back last week and took one of her friends that had also always loved crystals and couldn't believe she was about to actually find some herself. Luck was with us and we hit some mega pockets.

So I put the field trips on my gazette. Someone she knows saw the second trip report and called her. She is just wowed and feels very famous and adventurous, having done something she's always dreamed of and never had the chance before.........and now people all over are reading about it. The field report and pics are at:

The RockHoundStation1

It's really hard for us to realize how absolutely kewl it is to be featured on a blog in someone's news if they aren't IMer's. If you want to really give someone you care about a thrill - put a story on your blog that features them in it. It's as good as being in a magazine or newspaper to them. A good little gift for not-so-marketing savvy people. It also seems to change their mind just a tad about what you do online.

Just sayin'.............................
  • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
    Very cool Sal. It was really great you had the opportunity to take along your niece (AND her friend)...

    Looks like what WAS a spark of interest may very be a full fledged fire already...lol!
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    Oh cripes Dave - both of em are just wildly addicted now. I know how it is - it only takes once - it's more potent than crack. Fortunately, it's a very healthy addiction. They were already hooked when I put up the trip report - but that stupid blog has her walking on clouds right now. It's one thing to go and find, but to actually be featured in a story that people are reading globally is the bomb to people that don't understand the net like we do. And to have a stone like that moss quartz crystal to claim publicly......... second time out to find a fine and very rare stone, LOL - she's never going to be the same.

    Incidentally - Ricki is smiling because he walked two miles without even much of a limp. He's about beat the cancer now and I think trips like this gave him a lot of will to overcome it that he didn't have just sitting around here being taken around the block now and then. But for some reason he's not as impressed with being "famous" as Jess is. LOL.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bill Farnham
      Those Marlboro crystals look exactly like what I was smoking back in the '60s. I never knew you could just find them lying around, I had to pay twenty-five cents a box back then...
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  • Profile picture of the author waterotter
    What a great site Sal. Rickie looks great! That bit about trying to walk around them - ROFLMAO - I'm sorry the misplaced markers, that's sad to see, it's the caption below the pic that cracked me up!

    You will forever be in inspiration/mentor to Jess and Gail.
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by waterotter View Post

      What a great site Sal. Rickie looks great! That bit about trying to walk around them - ROFLMAO - I'm sorry the misplaced markers, that's sad to see, it's the caption below the pic that cracked me up!

      You will forever be in inspiration/mentor to Jess and Gail.
      Wow. I don't think I've ever been an inspiration before.
      Oh wow. This could get ugly. Um....so who the heck is Gail?
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