Shade. Day 28. On the way to Black Hills and Custer State Park.
Really appreciate shade after 4 days without it. Sun is 97°F here in Custer State Park but because it's dry, it's quite comfortable in the shade.
View from the our campsite.
It's Crystal Clear. Day 68, Avatar Crystal Mine, Mt. Ida, Arkansas
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.
What a vast expanse out there! Oddly, beautiful.
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