For quite a while, every year I would be able to go up to Mackinac Island for our Summer vacation. Mackinac’s shoreline is lined with limestone rocks which often are formed into recognizable shapes (and their flatness and smoothness make them excellent skipping stones). After spotting a few applicable stones, I soon began trying to amass a rock collection in the shape of the United States. It was my goal, one day, to display that collection when I was a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.I never did make that goal, and I only found a half dozen or so stones which had worthwhile likenesses. A few of the rocks are still lying around in the backyard, and I saw them again when I was out raking leaves the other day. One of my greatest finds was Massachsetts, complete with the little curl that forms Massachusetts Bay. Sadly I don’t know where that rock is. But here are a few finds that are still around.
Texas …Yeah, I know. A stretch. Upside down, can also double as Arkansas maybe.
Nebraska. Kinda.
California
