Morning!

We finaly got some much needed rain and snow. Didn't need the cold
though. 23 this AM. As Daddy would have said, " i's as cold as a
well diggers ass in Alaska".

Was nice last Monday when we went out on the desert though. We came
across an arrastra. Used for grinding up gold ore. I wan'ted Phillip
to get a picture of it , and I thought he did, but he was too busy
looking around. We did'nt find where they got their ore, but we will
go back out there to be sure. I'll take a picture myself then.
Jeannine should remember what they look like because she was with me
when we went up to the museum in Prescott, and they had one set up as
a display. There is another one out by Stanton, but it too isn't
complete.

Sunny right now. snow should melt. I'll bet the river is running
where Phillip prospects. Trouble is, he hurt his back up there on
thursday so will be a while before we go up again.

Take care all, love ya'll Granny

Cold.

This was on Wed. We finally got some rain and during the night it
changed to freezing rain. We wanted to go down to the desert where it
was warmer for the day, but the car was covered in ice. Didn't get
out til yesterday. We went down and dug crystals at Date creek since
the ground had got soft with the rain. I dug a few, but can't get the
damn walker up the hill so had to be content to dig down at the
bottom. When I got tired I just sat and enjoyed the sunshine. Phillip
was in shorts as usual, but I did take my sweater off, it was so nice.

Cold again this AM up here on the bench. I doubt if we will head down
to the desert again until Monday. Too many people have the same
ideas. Was only 2 other cars out the other day. If you dig, then the
first thing, people hover over you and no place else. Sometime we can
get a tour out of them but not always. Just pests.

Maybe I'll pait today. Still working on a prospector one.

Take care, love ya'll Granny.

Rain?

It's been 4 month with no real rain. Rain and wind were predicted for
today. Well we got the wind all right and believe it or not, I
counted about 40 rain drops on the walk outside.
Hot damn as Daddy used to say.

Good night.

Love ya'll, Granny.