Last saturday we went on a tour at Phoenix gold mine. It was cold! The tour was REALLY good, and there is still a ton of gold in this mine, so we got so see some very shiny rocks :) They just don't have an environmentally safe way to separate the rock from the metal, so it's stuck in there for now
Grandma came with us... the kids' hard hats were for decoration :)
Alex doing some blasting... because it was so cold we were the only ones there for a tour, which was awesome too. The guide let the kids do a lot of stuff.
They also have a creek that you can pan for gold in. People find gold all the time in there so Dave was excited to try it. He didn't quite have to break through ice to start... but it was still freezing cold. We think we'll try again in the summer :)
We also went to a Big Horn sheep festival in Georgetown. Alex's new year's resolution was to see wild big horn sheep. We did see some, even a ram! But our camera isn't good enough to get a great picture. It was exciting to finally see one after looking for the whole year!
3 comments:
I love the picture of Alex with the blaster thing. Reminded me of a Wile E. Coyote cartoon. :) You guys are troopers for doing that while it was so cold. Man...snow seems like a distant memory these days, I kinda miss it...kinda. :)
We really need to explore Colorado more. There are lots of cool things, and we are always hanging out in Arvada! Thanks again for coming to Autumn's party. She put her baby to bed with her, kissing her and giving her drinks!
I'm so glad that Alex was able to fulfill his New Year's resolution! That's really cute:)
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