Yes, we know we've been bad keeping this blog up to date lately! But we do have (a pretty lame) excuse. We've been doing some new things so we can report on them to you, dear reader. So what new activity could we be involved with now? Want a hint? We're doing something that was VERY popular back in 1848 and 1897. No, we're not living without electricity nor are we using horses to get around. We are (drum roll) gold prospecting! In case you're wondering, 1848 was the start of the California gold rush and 1897 was the start of the Yukon gold rush.
It all began with a TV show we saw while in Maine this past summer. The Travel Channel was showing a program about different kinds of treasure hunting. One of the segments dealt with gold mining and talked about panning in California and metal detecting in Arizona. It was quite intriguing! They showed a guy walking around, waving a metal detector over the ground and then coming up with a nugget of gold! It looked so easy! We can do that, we said (you probably know where this is going, don't you?) So we decided to pursue it once we got to Arizona. More to come...
Hmm, brain has ben thinking....if you can get your own 20 acres for $150 and the membership is $165...guess where I'm going?
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