Last week seems like a blur and we are already on Wednesday of this week??? Where does the time go? I guess quickly when you are having "fun" 😊
This is a two part post to keep them from being so long that you don't want to read them (ha ha).
Here we go:
Since it has been dry here we are searching and searching for spots to pan and/or drywash. We have hit Embargo, Park Creek (by the Hwy) and upper Park Creek (which is more mountainous, is that a word?? -- more on that in Post 2)
Heres the pics you'll enjoy more than my ramblings!
Darrel running the sluice off the log dam by Embargo
Wildflowers are out and even with limited moisture, they seem to be survivors!
A mountain Iris -- lots of them had already bloomed
Not sure, but pretty
NOTE: Mickey took the wildflower pictures and sent them my way!
Next was a panning trip to Park Creek that flows along Hwy 160 to see if we could find any gold as that creek seems to have lots of flowing water.
The aspens along the road are amazing and seem to be thriving.
It was a girls' hike to the falls upstream a ways -- Mickey (left) -- Susan (right) and McKenzie (who is the daughter of Mickey's RV park owners).
The falls were amazing but difficult to get down to any closer.
Susan and Darrel were using the sluice to run the material, hoping for gold!
Next we headed to Buena Vista to the peruse Roc Doc's (which is a prospecting establishment). We made a day of it and also went to Salida before heading home.
You can still see snow on their mountain tops -- ours is pretty much gone now.
We had a busy week and still post #2 has more adventures.
Blessings for the road,
Susan & Darrel
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