{"id":133,"date":"2009-06-17T08:37:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T13:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/06\/17\/hot-dirty-tired-and-day-two\/"},"modified":"2009-06-17T08:37:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T13:37:08","slug":"hot-dirty-tired-and-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/2009\/06\/17\/hot-dirty-tired-and-day-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot, Dirty &amp; Tired!   &#8230;and day two!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/SjhnxL83tJI\/AAAAAAAAB2U\/aRNwkS0yvE0\/s1600-h\/000_0035.jpg\"><br \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/SjheqiqVscI\/AAAAAAAAB18\/eof01G-Alj4\/s1600-h\/000_0031.jpg\"><img style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width: 200px;height: 134px\" src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/af019_000_0031.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>We were dirty, hot, tired and sunburnt to a crisp!  The plan was to drive to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakehenshawresort.com\/\">Lake Henshaw Resort<\/a> and camp out overnight and then go to the Himalaya Mine (next door) in the morning.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When you read &#8211; this camp<\/div>\n<div>site offers a few cabins, sites with hookups for those with RVs and campers, and large areas for tents and open camping &#8211; you don&#8217;t expect the really wonderful area that is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakehenshawresort.com\/\">Lake Henshaw Resort!<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Several of the other folks that were on the trip had already checked in the prior night &#8211; so they pretty much turned in.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/af019_000_0032.jpg\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;width: 200px;height: 134px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div>We have an air mattress in the back of the Blazer so we figured we would just camp out&#8230;we paid $20 for one night at the gate (this place is HUGE &#8211; if it isn&#8217;t a holiday weekend odds are you don&#8217;t need a reservation to camp) and followed the directions of our new buddy Raoul!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We went up the hill just past the RVs and Trailers and we parked under a grove of trees on the right.  The first thing we noticed is that there are FULL bathrooms all over the place and a swimming pool with spa!   <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So &#8211; after a nice hot shower we walked down the hill to the restaurant &#8211; don&#8217;t worry about the &#8220;Bikers Welcome Here&#8221; sign &#8211; most of the bikers we saw were recreational.   This place is great!<\/div>\n<div> The meats is from local stock &#8211; free range, no hormones  (you see lots of cattle, goats, sheep and even bison on the drive in)!  The produce is grown locally &#8211; to get to the Oceanview you have to drive through an orange grove.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6ef60_000_0033.jpg\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width: 200px;height: 134px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Full, fat and sassy &#8211; we hiked up the hill for a quiet evening around the campfire with a new Book on CD!  I was out like a light &#8211; we got up early (with the wild turkeys), had breakfast at the restaurant and met up with most of the hearty souls that had stayed for the second day of mining!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Himalaya Mine is one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.highdesertgemsandminerals.com\/\">Chris Rose family of mines<\/a>  and as with his Sunstone Mine &#8211; the Spectrum in Plush, Oregon &#8211; you couldn&#8217;t ask for a nicer group of people running the action.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The setup was pretty much the same &#8211; groups of sifting and rinsing tables around a pile of mine dirt!  This time however we went thru almost three piles of mine dirt!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/050b7_000_0036.jpg\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width: 320px;height: 214px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Photo: the 2 inch &#8220;Big Pink&#8221; Tourmaline from the Oceanview Mine and a faceted pink from the Himalaya.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Throughout the day the routine was broken up with some great raffle drawings for gorgeous cut stones and raw crystals (several of these were over 3 inches and bi-color).  During the drawings I noticed that several of the winners were from a large group of women. Being the snoop that I am I went over to get the story.  <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/ad521_000_0029.jpg\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;width: 320px;height: 214px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is rare to see groups of women at mines so I was interested in this one!  Turns out that these women have been friends for years and each had moved on to their respective lives&#8230;in all corners of country.   they had seen the Himalaya Mine on the Travel Channel&#8217;s &#8220;Cash &amp; Treasure&#8221;.  They had traveled from New Jersey, Iowa and even one from England &#8211; their friend from Germany wasn&#8217;t able to make it!   They were having such a good time I gave the URL for the <a href=\"http:\/\/amfed.org\/\">American Federation of Gem &amp; Mineral Societies<\/a> so they could find their local Club.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Differences &#8211; there were larger pieces at the Oceanview and they included greens, but there was a lot of small pink at the Himalaya;  the mica (by the end of the day you feel like a fish with these scales all the way up your arm) at the Oceanview was green and pink &#8211; the mica at the Himalaya was a beautiful lavender to purple.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Check my next post for &#8220;The Take&#8221; &#8211; photos of our mine finds!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9ecbd_3379247251712500914-3575278209589718115?l=flyviewsandreviews.blogspot.com\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were dirty, hot, tired and sunburnt to a crisp! The plan was to drive to the Lake Henshaw Resort and camp out overnight and then go to the Himalaya Mine (next door) in the morning. 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