Rockhounding Whidbey Island, WA - Fighting the Tide for Jasper!

I took a trip into the heart of Puget Sound to do some rockhounding on Whidbey Island. I stuck to the west side on the northern end of the island, rockhounding at West Beach County Park, Fort Ebey State Park, and Joseph Whidbey State Park, and mostly found jasper. High tides lasted for most of the daytime hours so rockhounding was somewhat limited, but there is always good material to be found on the West Beach so long as the tide leaves some gravels exposed. I also got the chance to watch some brave souls surf in the freezing waters off Fort Ebey State Park.
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0:00 West Beach County Park
4:08 Fort Ebey State Park
9:03 Joseph Whidbey State Park

[@williampacey9194]

Please slow down the camera movements it will make your videos 100% better. 😊

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

Your favorite rock will never be beat! Awesome.

[@lorihackett2898]

Welcome back blaze!! Excited to see the new video and hopefully more to come!!

[@BlazeGoesRockhounding]

Thanks for tuning back in!! I wish I could say that I was going to be dropping lots of content but it is unfortunately going to be more of a drip here and there for now. Give me some time though and I’ll be back!

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

@ROCKINWHEELERS 0 seconds ago We came across this video of yours, liked it so we subscribe to your channel. We are Disabled ♿ ♿ ♿ Seniors with OUR 47yr old SON who is a Tetraplegic. We recently became RockHound and Lapidary. Anyways we just RockHound around our neighborhood and areas we can trek that will allow our electric wheelchairs to operate. Now just to get ready is an adventure in itself-hehehehe. So, we mainly purchase Rocks but have to watch our budget-due to Retirement income being fixed. I copied and pasted from first video we watched.

[@dennisaxt1262]

Been hoping to see you out and about again, as always thanks for sharing your adventures

[@BlazeGoesRockhounding]

Thanks for watching Dennis, it has been a while since I was able to get out, so this was a great adventure for me!

[@kimkennedy3524]

That's fantastic. I collect rocks from every vacation. You are so lucky to live there.

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

Nice finds

[@upnorthadventureswithccc]

Such a beautiful beaches to rock hunt ! The variety is endless there I see :) So much Jasper and oh so beautiful 😊

[@kylaabegglen1275]

Such a great variety of rocks at Ebey and the state park! I love all of the different greens you found, especially the one @10:18 and the epidote and quartz at the end. The reds and combinations of the reds are really fantastic! All of the rocks you showed us are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing!✌️🤠🤘

[@BlazeGoesRockhounding]

Thanks for watching, those were my favorites as well!

[@RagnarRocks]

Ahhh man! Nice finds! We were forced to evacuate and move to Spokane! Miss the salt so much!

[@BlazeGoesRockhounding]

I hope you guys are enjoying Spokane, it’s a great city!

[@RagnarRocks]

@@BlazeGoesRockhounding So far so good!

[@johnwedow2117]

Hi great post ...Tanks .....what is the value of the rocks shown . Cheers , John

[@BenjaminBurrow-gq1fu]

new to rockhounding. @ 2:10 I've been finding lots of pieces that size of same looking stuff out near ebey's landing. Was told it was brecciated green jasper? Any chance you do identifications?

[@BlazeGoesRockhounding]

Hi, I don't know much about rock ID or geology so take this with a grain of salt, but that particular rock didn't feel like jasper to me. It may have had a little bit mixed in with other materials, but from what I know a pure brecciated green jasper will have a waxy feeling to it. The breccia will look like the rock has been smashed and glued back together with another material, usually quartz or agate.