- From Highway 9, head north on WA 542 (near Deming).
- Turn right on Mosquito Lake Road (at the convenience store).
- Cross the North Fork Nooksack River bridge.
- Turn left on North Fork Road.
- Keep driving when you read the end of the paved road.
- When you reach a clearing and bridge, you have reached Racehorse Creek.
- Turn right and continue up the gravel logging road.
- Watch for the left-side turn, where you can park and walk to the fields.
- The Fossil Fields is a special place.
- The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories by Mark Twain (gutenberg.org)
It was in 1590—winter. Austria was far away from the world, and asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and promised to remain so forever. Some even set it away back centuries upon centuries and said that by the mental and spiritual clock it was still the Age of Belief in Austria. But they meant it as a compliment, not a slur, and it was so taken, and we were all proud of it. I remember it well, although I was only a boy; and I remember, too, the pleasure it gave me.