woody with a view
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Indian Baseballs
Jerry was one of my best friends growing up. He and Marty turned me on to Baja when I was in 9th grade at Collier Jr High in SD. If I had $5 for gas
I'd leave my surfboard w/ Jerry the night before. They'd pick me up in front of school and we'd haul burro down to Baja Malibu or Popotla for the day
to surf. I learnt more during these ditch sessions than the school could ever teach me!
Anyway, Jerry used to walk along the point breaks of Baja looking for that perfectly round, palm-sized rock that took a thousand years to roll down a
mountain, find a river and be transported all the way to the beach. I took up the search after Jerry died from diabetes almost 20 years ago. Here's my
stash!
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bajabuddha
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Nice balls, Woody !! 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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bkbend
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Nice display, I didn't know they were Indian baseballs. I keep mine in an Easter basket instead of eggs.
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imlost
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I thought I was the only one on the planet who collected those.
I do a lot of multi-day river trips in the NW US, and whenever I have a moment to myself, I look on the riverbanks for the most perfectly round rocks
I can find. They are way harder to find than you would think. That's a very nice collection that has obviously taken you a while to accumulate. Even
though it's basically worthless, my collection of round rocks is one of the things I cherish the most on this planet - it always takes me back to that
"place". Thanks for sharing your story about Jerry, which really shows us all about you. Awesome.
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durrelllrobert
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Balls: Adam hadem and so does Woody
Bob Durrell
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AKgringo
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I met a guy in Grass Valley CA that had a nice snooker ball sized piece of white quartz, that was about 50% gold. I'm still looking for mine!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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PaulW
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Stopped once in the middle of L Salida and laying on the ground were several rock balls. I saved the big one which is about 3" diameter. almost a
perfect sphere. Composition is typical of granite.
What I find around here in Colorado are brown, but they are shaped like small oval potatoes. Ha - I save them as well.
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bajabuddha
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Somebody made a REALLY BIG STASH of 'em at El Pedregoso!
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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woody with a view
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Buddha, the first time I drove my son past Pedregoso I asked him "how in the hell did those rocks get there"? Being 17 he said "they stacked them
there when they built the road".
I can't wait to dive past on Saturday and ask him again. This time with an elbow in the ribs and a big laugh!
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bajabuddha
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INDIAN BASEBALLS: Is it the Cleveland Indians, or Washington... or Atlanta... nevermind.
They're also known as Indan Love Stones too..... as in, just another f***in' rock. 
(not to be confused with either Leaverite or Leavitrite) 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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