Alaskan Adventure - Saturday and Sunday, July 12 &13

On Saturday we headed out to "strike it rich" at Gold Dredge 8. It was a beautiful day.  Just right for panning for gold.  

Before our train trip to the dredge, we were given information on the pipeline.

    Black gold, Texas tea (or more properly, Alaskan tea) flowing above head.

   The train ride out to the dredge was informative.

  We were told about the Dredge and the process the old sourdoughs used to find that gold.  

After some instruction of how to work the pan, it was our turn to try our hand at it.

  We dumped our poke sack of dirt in our pan and started out looking for gold.

We, or at least I was afraid I would wash my gold away.  But, we soon learned that the gold settles down to the bottom of the pan.  You just have to wash the dirt away.

We found some tiny gold nuggets!   Well, I guess you couldn't really call them nuggets, but some did get the Gold Fever and purchased more poke sacks of dirt.

Prospectors who panned for gold supposedly became excited when they saw something glint in the pan, only to have their hopes dashed when it proved not to be gold but a mere 'flash in the pan'. 

  We may not have made it rich, but it was fun.

 

We ladies had necklaces made using our gold flecks.

All the crew at Dredge 8 saying good bye.  I think they were the ones to hit "pay dirt".

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Joyce, Ginger, Arlen and Al joined the choir.

After church, we were feed traditional Korean food.  

It was a bowl of rice with vegetables, egg and meat with a spicy sauce on top.  The dish is called Bibimbap. To eat, you just mixed it all up.  I enjoyed it.  Very tasty.   The sauce is Gochujang sauce.

Part 2. Sunday. 

We visited a small botanical garden on Sunday afternoon. The colors are vibrant.  Hope you enjoy my sharing the pictures.