Pepperlizard
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My family and i just got back from a vacation at Yosemite Nation Park in Cali, and we spent two days driving up there. Along the way we would stop for breaks and while my family would be resting and sight seeing I would be MDing. Our second night heading up there we stopped at a hotel that overlooked the ruins of where an auto repair shop used to sit and a creek further away. Given that the ground was filled with rocks i tried my luck at the creek and it was a wise choice. after only 20 minutes of searching the water and the muddy rims of the creek i found a large portion of what was either a necklace or a bracelet that has been gold plated... my first gold find! There are no hallmarks on it, and I have no idea what it was a part of, but it still made my day; one month into MDing and I have already found silver and gold
However, two mornings later I woke up with a rash on my arm, and once I realized that it was poison oak (there were a few of these plants by the creek i tried to avoid) I knew that I was in trouble. I, unlike most people, not only get an itchy rash but I am very allergic to the the plant and as I sit here writing this post 50% of my body is covered in either thick red rashes or orange puss balloons (i will not be adding that photo to this post, it looks like I just got off the set of a Quinten Tarentino movie). but even given what I am having to endure because of that search I am glad that I found my first gold.
However, two mornings later I woke up with a rash on my arm, and once I realized that it was poison oak (there were a few of these plants by the creek i tried to avoid) I knew that I was in trouble. I, unlike most people, not only get an itchy rash but I am very allergic to the the plant and as I sit here writing this post 50% of my body is covered in either thick red rashes or orange puss balloons (i will not be adding that photo to this post, it looks like I just got off the set of a Quinten Tarentino movie). but even given what I am having to endure because of that search I am glad that I found my first gold.
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