There's gold in them thar hills!

What better way to relax on the 4th of July then to spend it boating, climbing waterfalls, and looking for gold?

I didn't think there was a better way, so that's what I did on the 4th of July.

Besides who can pass up the chance to spend the day on a boat? Not me!

After failing miserably on trying to learn how to water-ski (sorry not sharing pictures of that)...... or should I say relearning how to drink lots and lots of water while being dragged face first at a rapid pace? Anyway..... I took to the shore to explore what the land had to offer. While my friends were fishing I happened to discover this multi-level waterfall system (that you can see a part of in the pictures below).

To be honest the pictures don't do it justice, because they were taken from the boat after I had explored the waterfall area.

There were quite a bit of things that I found of interest up in that little alcove. A network of caves, several panning areas, quarts deposits, and other items. I will definitely be spending some time in this area to see what it has to offer.

However, the next time I come back I will be prepared with tools, and resources that will help me thoroughly search the area. This will allow me to hopefully make sense of everything that I discovered there.

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The area used to be rife with things to extract, and in fact something of great value was found in the area within the past year. In addition there was a collapse of the water system infrastructure recently that has renewed people's search interest in submerged metals.

Time will only tell if and what is out there.

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