RE: Gold Prospecting 101 - Gold Panning Tips and Techniques
You jumped off the East fork bridge into the reservoir!! You're my hero. lol. I've thought about it so many times. Just hasn't had enough water in years though. I was up there a couple weekends ago and the water looked pretty deep there. The whole OHV area is underwater.
Yep. Both the bridge to nowhere and the tunnels to nowhere are remnants of the attempts at building a road through there. I don't know what they were thinking, it's such a rugged canyon.
You actually lived on the fork? That's awesome! I wish I could. I love it up there. I'm thinking about planning a SoCal Steemit meetup at The Oaks picnic area up there in the next month or two. I'm gonna take up a bunch of prospecting gear and anyone who is interested can do some digging in the morning and then we'll have the meetup/picnic later in the afternoon. If you can you should come. It'd be great to meetup and exchange East Fork stories!
Yeah that was well over 20 years ago so fear was near nil while stupidity was off the charts.
And yeah, When I was about 18 I got thrown out so at at night I would ride my Harley up there and sleep in the canyon. Spent many summer days and nights there but rafting was probably the best memories.
And yes, definitely would like to meet up there, so hopefully I can make it.
Thanks and take care!!
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Thanks for keeping posted on the @derekrichardson I truly hope I can make it and get the fam to go too.... I will let you know if I can make it in the next week or two. It will depend on fam or course, as well as whether or not I can get a permit signed off by building and safety, which has been a bane in my life for a while...ughhh.
Anyhow, this sounds like a cool adventure and since I haven't been outdoors in a bit, I am hopeful to be able to make it.
Again, thanks for the update, and in the mean time have a great weekend.
You're very welcome. I hope you can make it! Good luck on that permit. I worked with a contractor for a few years and I know permits and inspectors can be a pain in the ass.
Yeah its been a long drawn out process that I hope to finalize soon. With that out of the way, things become a lot less complicated for me. I too hope to make this event, especially since I haven’t been that way in a while, and the prospecting part would be an amazing highlight!!
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