Left Jeff's place at 1PM, and got in about 11:15 tonight. Long miles,
but the secret is keeping the door shut and the truck rolling. Planned
it just right and hit Portland about 6:30..sailed right through. 600
miles in 10 hr. 15 min..easy drive.
(short version...pics and more will be in my Journal.)
For those of you in Jeff's area, you won't meet a nicer, more
laid-back and patient prospector than Jeff. After the drive on
Tues., and then prospecting on Wed. I was pretty much shot,
so we took Thurs. off while I got over the aches, pains and
a bad case of the dizzies. His Mrs. is a real sweetheart, not
to mention she's a natural for great composition in her photo's.
Little bit of polishing here and there and she'll be ready to start
selling some prints..
I had high hopes for the area we prospected on Friday, and
was a bit surprised to do all that sampling and finding nary
a flea poop in the pan. Sun. we headed back to the area
we were in on Wed., but this time we put our efforts into
cracking and cleaning bedrock (something we don't get much
of up here). It was a dream come true for me, as I've never
had the chance to work bedrock like that.
Got a full 3 gal. bucket of material that came out of those
bedrock cracks, and come tomorrow evening I'll be panning
it out here in the shop...
I had only planned to stay a couple days, as I needed to be
back home to help my wife. Fortunately, a neighbor was kind
enough to help her in my absence so I was able to extend the
trip a few more days.
Time for some ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's!
