"ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE"

We get so used to modern living with electricity, running water, gas and electric stoves and a store or shopping center close to home that we can't imagine that it's possible to get along without these conviences. My family and I lived for eight months in the Arizona desert, and it is possible to live without modern conviences and even fun. How many times have you turned on the shower and stood there for 20 minutes while gallons of water flow over you and then disappear down the drain? You may not be paying for the water, but the electricity to heat it costs quite a bit. When water is scarce, you can get just as clean by sponging down with a gallon of water! As a matter of fact, my wife, two boys and I used only 65 gallons of water per week, to drink, cook, and bath in. Cooking can be fun and save money when your away from modern conviences. We had a coleman stove that used white gas, and by cooking most of our meals, and heating our water over a campfire, we used about one gal

I remember our last camping experience in the desert before the boy's had to enroll in school. We had a chevy stepvan then, with bunkbeds in the back built by my husband. We were invited to visit Arizona by some folks we met at Buckskin Joe, near Canon City, Colorado, during our previous visits to Colorado. We found a dirt road leading into the desert from the highway near Apache Junction, Az. We parked along side a nice dry wash. Did some Gold Prospecting and seached for Arrowheads, Driftwood and such. We came upon a natural spring along the top of the bank of the wash, about five foot up. My husband put holes in a tin coffee can and attached the can to a shrub just under the spring. We now had a shower! Ice cold, but in the heat of the day it was great! We had the neccessary camping equipment to cook, and light our camping area with and a huge ice chest that kept our food cold. Once a week we drove into town to replenish our supplies and do laundry. We met several interesting pe

Lynx Creek, and surrounding area, located just out of Prescott, Arizona, was discovered around 1863-1864. The area was a major gold producer and is filled with interesting mining history. The area has a huge drainage system and each spring run-off and summer monsoon flooding has a tendency to move material around, replenishing small flakes & dust of gold. This makes the Lynx Creek Recreation area a perfect location for the novice prospector to get started. Try shaking out the grass roots and moss in your pan, or sweep the cracks in the bedrock. You are almost assured to find "color" and small flakes. The gold at Lynx Creek is in the form of real thin small flakes, and there is plenty of "super dust", pin-point little pieces. This makes for an ideal place to perfect your panning techniques. I have always said, "If you can pan gold at Lynx Creek, you will be able to pan anywhere in the country". Good Luck and Happy Hunting!! There will be more informativ

The power of the mention of a gold discovery brings to mind the time we were on one of our early camping and prospecting trips to Lynx Creek, just out of Prescott,Arizona. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon and the creek was lined with people enjoing themselves and panning along the banks and small pools of water. The soothing buzz of insects, chirp of birds, and clinking of tools against bedrock, was suddenly broken by an excited, "Gold, I found nuggets"! Heads turned up creek, and a few folks actually grabbed up their tools and headed for the "discovery". Of course, the "rush" was short lived, when the "prospector" turned out to be Jim, our 2 -1/2 foot tall, chubby, little three year old! He had just panned his first little pieces of gold and just had to let the world know about it! The rest of the afternoon and well into evening around the campfire was filled with joy and laughter as the story was told and retold, how little Jim had created s

Buddy, my husband, and I, Cindy, and our sons Chris, 4 and Jimmy, 3 lived in a tent and a blue van, during our vacation in Colorado, at the Royal Gorge KOA campground in 1979. I worked at the Emporium Gift Shop at Buckskin Joe during our summer stay that year. Buddy was hired there also as a Gunfighter in their every hour shows for the tourists. Both Buddy and I sang country songs inside the saloon in between the gunfights and the magic shows. We worked for tips. We fell in love with the western way of life; easy laid back style. When it came time for the boys to enter school, we moved to Arizona. Buddy became interested in Gold-Prospecting and Geology. He took geology classes at Yavapai College in Prescott, AZ. We took the boys out with us camping and prospecting at Lynx Creek, in Prescott several times. Go to http://www.cynthiamargaret.com/cm_my_blogs_adventure.php to see the photo of Dad and the boys! The story that follows is written by Buddy.

Welcome to our blog where we will be sharing our own true family stories with a touch of humor! Since the purchase of our own mining claim we call, Cinbud's Gold, and the use of this blog, we can now share our Gold-Prospecting experiences with you. We hope to be an informational resource for you in the Art of Gold-Mining!

Welcome to our blog where we will be sharing our own true family stories with a touch of humor! Since the purchase of our own mining claim we call, Cinbud's Gold, and the use of this blog, we can now share our Gold-Prospecting experiences with you. We hope to be an informational resource for you in the Art of Gold-Mining!