Gold Panning!

My Friend Ryan sometimes comes up with the craziest things to do! I asked what he was going to do the next day and he said he was going panning for gold and asked if I wanted to come along! I said heck yes! Did you know that Idaho had its own little gold rush! But instead of the people moving west from the  east most came from the west (California) to the east (Idaho)! Love it! Well at first Ryan wanted to go to panning on the Portnef! I decided that wasn't very safe and I would drive us up to the Mink Creek area! Well it was the end of July and there wasn't much of a creek! We struggled to fine running water! As we talked about panning for gold, Ryan and his friend discussed how rich they were going to make it I thought of how this was the hope that all gold miners hoped for! That if they put in a little are hard work they would be able to be able to afford the finer things in life! I didn't tell them that we weren't going to fine gold I just let them dream!

This is Ryan filling the pan  once we finally found some water!

Ryan isn't an out doors time of person! he was freaking out because he slipped down the mountain side! He was super funny when a bee would come by! He would scream like a little girl and come hide behind me! It was my favorite part of the day! He has never been stung by a bee before but he is pretty sure he is allergic to them!  

The sceanery was beautiful! What a pretty butterfly! 

More gold panning by Ryan's friend but for Ryan it was playing in the creek! 

I helped supervise!