Thursday: Devin and I took a long weekend to go up to Waynseville, North Carolina to visit a friend of his (old scout master). Jim, his friend, had been in a bad accident involving a tractor and trailer full of rocks so we went up to see how he was doing and also to bring him his boat so he could do some fishing while recovering. We left around 8:30am and spent pretty much the entire day driving. We made a nice stop at a nature preserve to do a letterbox around lunch time where we saw a weird bird which eventually I will try to identify with a bird book, corn snake, skink, lizards, and lots of song birds.Friday: Devin and I started the day with a yummy breakfast of Fruit Loops (left over from the grandk
ids visiting). Then we headed off to go gem mining at Mason Mountain Mine. On the way we stopped at a gem museum which features the gems you can find in North Carolina , a bunch of stone/gem spheres, and an authentic shrunken head (random much). The place we went mining let you shovel your o
wn buckets of dirt and bring them over to the flumes. Between the two of us we found 10 carats of sapphires, really low quality sapphires, but sapphire none the less. After we got back we went with Jim and his wife, Sandy, to a park where we saw elk and wild turkeys. This was the first time I've ever seen an elk. There were some volunteers there that told us about the park and elk who let us pose with some giant elk antlers. When we got back Sandy and I were exhausted so we went to bed and Devin and Jim stayed up late talking.
ids visiting). Then we headed off to go gem mining at Mason Mountain Mine. On the way we stopped at a gem museum which features the gems you can find in North Carolina , a bunch of stone/gem spheres, and an authentic shrunken head (random much). The place we went mining let you shovel your o
wn buckets of dirt and bring them over to the flumes. Between the two of us we found 10 carats of sapphires, really low quality sapphires, but sapphire none the less. After we got back we went with Jim and his wife, Sandy, to a park where we saw elk and wild turkeys. This was the first time I've ever seen an elk. There were some volunteers there that told us about the park and elk who let us pose with some giant elk antlers. When we got back Sandy and I were exhausted so we went to bed and Devin and Jim stayed up late talking.Sa
turday: We went with Jim and Sandy driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Smokey Mountains. There were a lot of really pretty scenic views and beautiful wild flowers along the sides of the road. I took Dramamine before we left but still had to make sure I was looking out of the windows so I didn't get ill on the curvy mountain roads. We stopped to see an awesome wat
erfall. If I wasn't carrying all of my camera equipment I would have gone wading but I didn't want to chance getting things wet. We also stopped at a lot of overlooks at different elevations. On our way back we also stopped at a trout hatchery.
turday: We went with Jim and Sandy driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Smokey Mountains. There were a lot of really pretty scenic views and beautiful wild flowers along the sides of the road. I took Dramamine before we left but still had to make sure I was looking out of the windows so I didn't get ill on the curvy mountain roads. We stopped to see an awesome wat
erfall. If I wasn't carrying all of my camera equipment I would have gone wading but I didn't want to chance getting things wet. We also stopped at a lot of overlooks at different elevations. On our way back we also stopped at a trout hatchery.Sunday: Devin and I both have work on Monday so Sunday we did the long drive back. We spent the early morning talking and then left so we wouldn't get home too late. We drove pretty much straight home and were only slowed up by some rain. The mountains were very scenic but it was nice to be back in Florida.
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