"A geologist told me these are garnets in the granite."
Red flag: Garnets don't crystallize out with the minerals of a granite.
Solution: They didn't. They formed later from new fluids in the fractures
of the cooled granitic diorite. But Patrick doesn't reach these conclusions
without solid field evidence. He also doesn't identify specific minerals
without an X-ray diffractometer.
Liz' Favorite Plant
Judging from her interest in bushwhacking through it, Devil's Club is
Liz' favorite rain forest plant.
The Tlingit liked it, too. Herbal tea.
Our observation: removing its barbed spikes is harder than pulling
teeth.
