At long, long last, I answer the question posed so long ago by Brianne, her mom, and many readers: how the hell did that happen?! Behold: the story of how the Garden of the Gods got its stone shrooms. Enjoy!
New at Rosetta Stones: Psychedelic Shrooms of the Gods!
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Maybe that’s exactly what it needs??
Those are awesome formations. Would love to see them in real life sometime!!
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Gorgeous! I’d never have guessed at the processes which formed them, either. Even more spectacularly strange than the intricate bedrock swirls and folds one can sometimes see here in Appalachia. I remember standing in front of one such exposed formation at a local park, ogling the delicate layers, and having my mind totally blown that what I was looking at used to be inside the middle of a mountain taller than the Himalayas, and that it probably formed when the North American plate collided with Europe.
I didn’t know about these. Very cool, and within a day’s drive.
Road trip!
You mentioned in the article that you were originally from Indiana. Southern Indiana is well known for geodes and caves.
My mom is just tickled pink, Dana. :)