HI, I love collecting rocks. Do you collect rocks
Hi, I do not collect rocks, but it seems interesting, it seems like a hobby I could get into!
It is a lot of fun, the kids love it too. If you have kids, they could love finding them and cleaning and making them into something fun. 
I know that people are getting more and more into it, amateurs can get into it for cheap, and it is good learning, I may have to give it a shot. There is some real beauty in rocks and minerals
Yes, there is. We are lucky to live in a mountain community, so just walking in our neighborhood we find a lot of interesting and pretty rocks.
a rock. There are also many clubs and groups that search for specimens and compare them in groups as a hobby. Information on where to find such groups can be found at libraries, bookstores, and "gem and mineral shows". Tourist information centers and small-town chambers of commerce can also supply valuable local information. The Internet can also be a useful search tool as it can help find other amateur geologists.
The amateur geologist's principal piece of equipment is the geologist's hammer. This is a small
to do with being sponsored. Skating is the more you skate, the more you're into it, and the better you get ... Eventually you'll get sponsored or whatever. I hope kids aren't just out there skating to get sponsored ... It seems like if you already had that in you, to go skate as much as possible, if that happens [if you get sponsored], you still won't lose touch with what you're really doing it for—to have fun ... Why have the goal of