Gold Panning

Our next outing while James' family was visiting was to an old gold mine to go gold panning.  We were given a short tour of the old mining house and got to look at some of the equipment that was used to mine for gold.  It was a lot of fun and the kids all got at least a few flakes of gold!

Our tour guide demonstrating how a rope bridge works.

Helping William give it a try.

Picking out our tub of dirt to pan for gold.

Eli is ready to pan!

Getting some help from a pro.

On our way home we saw some mountain goats!  I'm so glad we were able to pull over and look at these guys.  We have never seen them so close to the road before.  (They are still a good ways away, but I am really glad I rented that extra long zoom lens!)

If you look closely, there is a baby goat!