Keith channeled his Grandpa Charlie today. In 1911, Charlie went to Alaska for the gold rush. He came back with gold nugget he formed into a ring. The other nugget paid his fare back to New Hampshire. We were more successful. We are returning to CT with a haul of of crystals and 25 pounds of quartz. The day started with our getting lost on the way to the mine. No GPS, no cell. No wifi. Not much of a road. And have you seen Ozark on Netfix? They're drug dealers in them thar hills. Finally we found Bee and Joe. They are leasing the mining rights so we can dig. And dig we did. Essentially it was a strip mine and we used garden implements and sand box toys to find our rocks. Keith hit pay-crystal. Two big ones and we both found lots of small ones. Here's our haul. Crystals Quartz with crystals growing. Still working on cleaning Plus about 25 pounds of quartz. The most common rock on the earth.
Destination an Indian village built by the Civilian Conservation Commission (CCC) in the early 30s. Apparently the tribes around the Finger Lakes built and lived in log cabins!!! Very sad story really. George Washington ordered their villages destroyed and their crops ruined so that they would leave upstate NY and the land would be available for the patriots. Many of the loyalists and Indians died or retreated onto Canada.
Is it a leaf or a Katydid? Amazing camouflage. The only way you know it is a Katydid is the legs. White Peacock Butterfly. Both beauties just outside the door of the condo.
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