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The first rock memory that became a story in my life was the rocks in Mount Laguna.  My family would go on camping trips and we would visit these rocks every time.  I remember playing with my brother and cousins and chasing each other around or playing hide-and-go-seek.  I sometimes think about these rocks in Mount Laguna became it brings back memories of my grandpa, who was awesome!

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I have a really good one, this was way back when I was in high school In a rural area called "Valle De Guadalupe, Baja California" and my mom got her first property in the area, we got a mobile house and the water was not connected yet. At the end of the property was this beautiful rock where we were able to go and do our little fire, it was a very giant rock that was the spot and the behind that rock there were another families of rockies where we are able to go to the restroom !!! wiii

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Rocks are very random parts of my life as they exist everywhere. I always notice seeing random rocks that differ from place to place

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When I would go to visit my grandma at the cemetery there was always this pretty rock that would be near her, even if it was not on her stone it would be next to her or not too far from her. I would notice it every time I went and would tell my mom how nice it was, so we decided to make it her rock that would be with her all the time when we couldn't.

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I feel like rocks are inextricably part of everyone's childhood. I feel like everyone has felt a sense of envy when seeing someone with a shinier, cooler rock than theirs and a sense of accomplishment when being on the receiving end of that envy. I used to paint rocks, often as ladybugs, and give them to my friends. I've never come across a crystal or any fancy rock, but I liked rocks best when they were a little smooth and an even grey color. They're easier to paint on that way :)

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I have always loved stones and rocks and literally always carry them and have them all over my house. I use them for grounding. 

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I have always loved stones and rocks and literally always carry them and have them all over my house. I use them for grounding. 

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My son and I painted rocks for Easter. This rock has been in with his favorite, few toys since. It's currently his pet rock.

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As a kid, I loved rocks and was fascinated by crystals and geodes. My grandpa used to bring me home different types of rocks from his travels and I would be so excited by what types you can find all over the world. As an adult, I've been able to move out to California and see/find some of the incredible rocks myself.

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My mom and I would go to the beach and collect rocks that were at the edge of the water. We would go home and have a bag full of them. We liked placing them on my mom's indoor plans and some in the bathroom as well. We would collect any type of rocks.

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When I was a kid, I used to like collecting rocks, especially the shiny ones. Once when I was on a hike with my parents, I brought a little drawstring bag with me and put all of the cool rocks I found in there. By the end of the hike, it was very full and very heavy. I was complaining that the bag was too heavy. My mom asked me "what's in there, rocks?" I said "yes".

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When I was little I really liked collecting rocks, especially the ones that are big or flat. Then I would paint anything that I felt like painting on those rocks, my favorite thing to paint was butterflies. Then my mom would put them around her garden for decorations and I was very happy about my masterpiece.

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Growing up, my family and I would always go on trips to mountainous areas and even places like the Grand Canyon. Every time we would visit, there would be this geode rock cutting station and I would always ask my parents if we could bring home one of the crystal rocks. It was always fascinating to watch them reveal what the geode had looked like inside. Since then, Ive always been very interested in different stones and gems and especially the grinding/ polishing of rocks.

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I remember as a kid I used to love to climb on the large rocks on the beach. However, I recently went to the same beach and realized how much the rock formations have changed due to erosion, they have broken off of each other to form even smaller rocks.

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Growing up in the country, there are a lot of stories in my life that involve rocks. However, if I had to pick on I think it would be the time me and my cousins tasked ourselves with the adventure of finding rocks to crack open. Its amazing the versatility you can find when you go looking for rocks. With my scientist kit, we would get a bunch of rocks and put them under a microscope if they were small enough and pick out all the special ones. They all had different textures. colors, shape, and even sturdiness. As we threw them to the ground or smashed them with other rocks, some cracked into smaller pieces, others only cracked, and some were seeming unbreakable. Rocks represent adventure to me and they can extremely fascinating.

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Once, as a wee lad, I had climbed the jetty to look for crabs. I climbed out a little further in search of these frustrations before I found myself needing to get from one rock to another. The maneuver was going to require both strength, concentration, and charm. I got my hand holds with my right arm reaching way around the side of this jetting rock, it was very jagged and almost cut my arm. Now I had to do a sort of swing to get the rest of my body to the side. You see the platform favored the left, and was too small to have your feet in any strategic position. So I went for it. I was dead center, 50-50, half way there in my charming, concentrated manor of strength, but then something went horribly wrong. Suddenly my right arm. The arm that was to lead me to victory, was no longer connected to the rock, I had a chunk of the broken off rock in my hand and I fell several feet and to my back as flat as a board against the nastier rocks and sea below. I walked away with scars, and a lesson learned about rocks.

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I think the first time I was introduced to the world of rock n roll, was when I was kid maybe 8 or 9. My dad showed me one of his favorite songs, which was Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. I remember immediately loving it ,after that I listened to it every day. That was the first song and after that I fell into a deep whole of rock n roll.

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When I was little I actually had a rock collection. I had collected rocks from places I had visited or close family would get for me on their trips. I liked how they felt, loved how my mom and dad would explain to me where it comes from and what kind of rock it was, and overall I was impressed with how many I had collected within the span of a whole year.

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Funny enough, every time a friend or family member goes on vacation, I joke around and tell them to "bring me a rock or a pebble". I say it as a joke since it's a priceless souvenir. And more so, I am also curious on how rocks/pebbles from different locations look. No one has brought me any but I recently had a co-worker bring me some pebbles from Monterey Bay. And I also pick up some rocks/pebbles from our Geography Lab field trips. I have seen differences in every rock/pebble and can't wait to grab more from my upcoming cruise locations! Now I have an unintentional rock collection.

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Growing up, I've always kept interesting looking rocks from various locations. These could be from California, Ireland, England, West Virginia, etc. It's so interesting how each place has distinct minerals, that really got me interested in geology. As an example, I found a few really interesting river rocks in Ireland with thin mineral deposits in it, giving a cool pattern on the worn exterior.

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As a kid I was always fascinated by rocks, looking and comparing at them. I would always try to pick of the prettiest rocks I could find and keep them. Now as I am older I can appreciate the beauty in them. Last year, I went for the first time to visit the national park well known as The Grand Canyon. I was immense and very beautiful. It was amazing to see the aging on the rocks, so much history could be told from those rocks. Definitely a view I'll never forget.

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Rocks and pebbles have never been a favorite of mine. I've always disliked going around a beach or lake without shoes on and treading on rocks or pebbles because it hurts. However, I must note that when I've gone hiking in the past, I've come across some pretty cool rocks. It's fascinating to see all of the different varieties of rocks available.

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I have been a collector of rocks for years. When I was a young girl my grandfather and I would go to gem shows and go to local sites to look for more. Now as an adult i have friends and family bring me rocks from where they travel and now, I have rocks from all over the world, so I guess you say rocks have always been my life.

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Many times in my life I have been exposed to all kinds of rocks but one of the most impressive moments with rocks in my life has been when I first went to Torrey Pines beach. On that beach there are so many rocks that one could stare at them for hours. I was amazed to find so many rocks on a beach since on the beaches I had gone before I found shells, crabs and sometimes pieces of coral. But seeing this beach in San Diego with so much variety, I decided to look for the reason and found that all of the rock layers in the Torrey Pines park area are sedimentary in origin, made up of fragments of older rocks weathered, eroded, and deposited as gravel, sand, silt, and clays. It is so interesting to think that a beach could have so many rocks. The second time I went I brought a bag to collect and store my favorite rocks. I washed the rocks when I got home and put them in a glass jar and even today that I live in Asheville North Carolina I have with me this vase with rocks from Torrey Pines.

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Rocks are a huge part of my life because I rock climb. I started rock climbing around 3 years ago, and I fell in love with the sport from the very first time I tried it. Before that, I didn't pay any attention to rock formations, but now I'm always looking to find good boulders or top roping routes that could be doable. The type of rock and its features it's a key aspect of rock climbing, different features allow for different styles of climbing, and different textures can make a climb easy or extremely difficult!

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I kinda despise the average pebble or rock. They always seem to fiddle into the worst location possible. Sometimes it’s my shoe giving me a sore on my foot or in front of my wheel while I’m skateboarding causing my board to vault me forward. The worst ones are when I’m on the freeway and they want to kiss me. God knows why he made a soul to invent the full face helmet, the rock.
~Richard Madsen

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When I was little my family would go camping a lot. When we would go I would go rock hunting close to rivers and look for rocks inside the river or lake with a net. I started collecting rocks and I had my room full of rocks they all had names for their physical aspect. I had rock called bumpy because it was full of bumps and another called strips because it had pale with brownish stripes around the rock.

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When I was first moving out here to California we took the southern route across Arizona and New Mexico, and we stopped at this huge roadside gas station in like Navajo territory and it had tons of rocks. They sold unbroken geodes for super cheap so I bought like 4, and then when I got home I broke them myself and they were stunning. Kept the best one for myself, and gave the other ones out as gifts to some friends. I used to carry a small piece of it when I had important tests, as a good luck charm. I don't know what happened to it though, I need to get some new ones.