Labor Day
Sept.7

Today is labor day and boy did we labor. We were gone 12 hours. Four of our friends from Salt Lake drove down this morning to meet us at Topaz Mountain. We got out to the mountain and figured we'd never find each other because there was no phone service and lots of side roads. Bud & I weren't parked for 5 minutes when they pulled up! It was a bit disappointing to only find clear chips but we still had fun. Bud did find a 1 1/2" long amber piece of topaz and I found a tiny red beryl. Then I got too hot and had to sit in the truck with air on. When we got ready to leave and head to the agate hill we had trouble finding 81 yr old Clyde. Got some nice agates in a short amount of time and lava rock. We ended our rock trip by going to the hot mineral pools that are created by volcanic steam vents. Wish we had swim suits so we could have soaked our aching bodies. When we got back to town we hit a really great Mexican resturant. The four friends stayed in town tonight so not sure what we'll do tomorrow. For now I just want to go to bed.........Goodnight! I posted 3 pictures for yesterday and 12 ofr today.