Professor Green's geology class took the expedition near Columbia in Caldwell Parish to dig for fossils from the Cenozoic Era some 38 million years ago.  At that time, this area was under quite a bit of water - some 600 feet beneath the Gulf of Mexico.  Normally the students trek to an area known as "Copenhagen"; however, due to deer season, the excavation site was moved to nearby private property.

Since the visit was the first for this particular site by anyone, we did not know what we would really find.  Usually sharks teeth, barracuda teeth, ray teeth and barbs, along with corals and various types of shells are the usual booty.  On this trip, we found one ray tooth and numerous corals and shells - but no shark or barracuda teeth.  According to Dr. Stringer, this was somewhat unusual as we were in the correct strata.

None-the-less, fun was had by all.  For those of us who were out-of-shape, we felt it for a couple of days.  The creek bed was lined by steep banks of some 40-50 feet.  The lower sections were muddy.  Most all participants fell at one point or another.

Below are some pics of the journey.