Our visit to Richardsons Rock Ranch was the highlight of our short vacation trip. We didn't drive thousands of miles to get there but met people who did. We were given a detailed map on where to dig to our hearts content, the rules while being on the ranch, what to look for, and to go have fun. Please read their website for all rules they are very specific. The owners and staff were wonderful to work with. They had a nice PICNIC area to cool off after you finished digging. It was a great drive and the end result was fantastic! The 2009 negative review evidently did not read everything on their website. There is NO camping whatsoever on the property dry or otherwise. Around the office is not a place for your children to run free as there are numerous rock specimens and equipment to be injured on. I for one would not like to be cut by a piec of obsidian. Also inside the store and museum are not places for children to be left unsupervised. Overall this is a great place to take the family for a lot of fun playing in the dirt and finding beautiful thundereggs. We will be going back this summer and taking the kids with us this time :D As you can see from the pictures we found some beautiful thunder eggs. We came home with 33 pounds of thunder eggs and geodes we thinking we should have had more cut LOL ...read more

Richardson's Rock Ranch was the worst experience vacationing we ever had. We drove 1000 miles to this key destination and left within 20 minutes disappointed and upset, because of the rudeness of the owners. \t\n \t\nWe were aggressively reprimanded at the ""free"" dry camping area, due the owners insistence that were were incorrectly parked, despite no indication of a structured parking/camping system. (Just small grassy area, which by the way, children were not allowed to leave to explore the surrounding ranch area.)\t\n\t\nBetter of seeking the free sites in the area. Go to the Chamber of Commerce and get the rockhounding map.\t\n ...read more