Clark Fork River
Gem Mountain
A Hawk with a Fish in its Claws
Beautiful Sunset
And then later, beautiful lightening
The day before yesterday, we took off in the morning to go Sapphire hunting.
We went to a place about 1 1/2 hours away. The road there had some of the most beautiful scenery I've seen. The Clark Fork River runs for hundreds of miles and it is such a pretty river. In places it just meanders and in others it is a rushing river. We also saw lots of property for sale along the river. I would live there in a hot second but David says it's too remote for him.
We arrived at Gem mountain and started in on our jewel hunt. You get buckets of rock and strain it out a little at a time. Then you go through it with tweezers to find itty bitty stones. I think between the 2 of us we brought home about 14 carats of sapphires. Of course, they are pretty small but they are ours.
On the way back we saw a hawk fly right off of the river with a fish in his talons. David was able to get a picture. It was a remarkable sight.
When we got back home there was a wonderful sunset. It was very colorful. Minutes later, the storm came. The last picture is one David took of the lightening storm later that evening. The weather here changes in minutes which is really nice. It can be 90 degrees and the lightening and thunder will start. The sky gets black and then it pours. In a few minutes it's over.
I'm going to do another blog tonight just to keep caught up.
Happy Camping
David and Carol
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