This morning we left the house at 8am to pick up Dylan Leman, and then drove to downtown Boise to the
Museum of Mining & Geology for a
Gold Mining Camp. There we met Karen & Bob Wright, Colton and his nephew and about 15 other kids.
This is an archeology dig. They learned about Idaho's Gem's, fossils & minerals, and all about Gold mining in Idaho.
After lunch, we hiked a small mountain to get black soil to help in the gold panning, then back to the museum to try out what they learned.
Not exactly what I had pictured...down in a creek bed with our pant legs rolled up, with tin pie pans in hand digging through the dirt. But this method worked okay.
They all came home with a little gold dust. We were all hoping to find a little bit more to solve our financial woes. It was an interesting afternoon. We will be doing some more Gold panning at home with the bag Justin brought home.
This is an archeology dig. They learned about Idaho's Gem's, fossils & minerals, and all about Gold mining in Idaho.
After lunch, we hiked a small mountain to get black soil to help in the gold panning, then back to the museum to try out what they learned.
Not exactly what I had pictured...down in a creek bed with our pant legs rolled up, with tin pie pans in hand digging through the dirt. But this method worked okay.
They all came home with a little gold dust. We were all hoping to find a little bit more to solve our financial woes. It was an interesting afternoon. We will be doing some more Gold panning at home with the bag Justin brought home.
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