Gold Panning Trip

With the Blueberry Festival and the cooking competition behind us, Vince and I set out to do some more Alaskan activities... the next of which was a visit to the famous Crow Creek Mine for a gold-panning adventure :)

The road to the mine

Yay- we found the turnoff!

Our pre-panning demo...

Time to hit the trail!

Getting closer...

Almost there...

Made it!

Vince getting a feel for panning...

Pay dirt!

Here's a close-up of some of the flakes I found :D
Time to head back to the main check-in, return our gear, 
and check out the preserved mining exhibits...

Very cool

Neat old scale!

The blacksmith's shop

Love the old German sign!

...and the old truck

...and the weather! What a great day :)