Today we did the rock-hounding thing again. This is Patty's big addiction. We drove several hours outside of the city to dig for garnets. There is a whole operation set up to do this. We first dig the sediment and rocks out of the mountain, carry it to the sieving area and separate dirt from stones and rocks, take what is left to the sluice and let the water carry all the dirt away to see what is left. We pulled out about a half of a pound of garnets in our work of several hours. There were quite a few people there. Most of them were families. The drive to and from there was gorgeous as we drove by various lakes.
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