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COLEMAN CRYSTAL MINE, ARKANSAS |
| Stopped just east of Little Rock at McDonalds for breakfast. Drove on to Coleman's Crystal Mine near Hot Springs, Arkansas and arrived about 11:00 AM. Plugged in RV at a really primitive campground, and headed for the dirt piles... or I should say "mud piles" because of intermittent rains. Found several crystals. Made several rest stops before arriving home in the wee hours of the morning. |
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There were three members of this daring team that headed west in quest of the magic crystals... Paul, Cheri, and Joy. |
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We made several rest stops on our way to the mines, including this one at a McDonalds east of Little Rock |
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Cheri found... as Cheri's often do... |
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No, Cheri... that one's too big to be a "keeper". We'll never get in in the Tracker! |
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We turned off the paved road onto a lonely gravel stretch, climbed the steep and arrived at our dream quest... way out in the middle of "no where" Arkansas. |
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We looked over the cabins and quickly decided to stay in the RV during our adventure. |
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| The bath and shower facilities could certainly not be called elegant!!! |
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To put this whole adventure into
perspective... this giant truck hauls dirt from a deep pit and dumps several
loads each day to form a... |
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... with the exception that when it
rains (which it did frequently), the |
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True explorers are undaunted by the every day trials and tribulations... so we persevered and our efforts were rewarded by our many great finds. |
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| Even though we didn't find the "mother lode", we enjoyed looking at it in the center's gift shop. |
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| When we got home, we had to wash and soak our treasure in Oxalic Acid to clean them. |
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And so ends another adventure... and we dream of more quests in some far away place at some other time. |
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