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Gwen gets Diamond Fever!Southern Arkansas Diamond Mine!
After a very relaxing stay in Mountain Home, where Ron and I battled fiercely on the golf course (I finally beat him on the last round, and refused to play any more, he he) we headed south to seek our fortunes in the diamond mines of Arkansas
The Crater of Diamonds in southern Arkansas is a diamond producing (sort-of) area where for six fifty a day per miner, you can dig up mud to your heart's content and screen the results in the hope you will find a diamond.
Some people (we were told) have struck it rich here, we, on the other hand ended up with priceless memories.
It's a trip well worth it.
No, we didn't find any REAL diamonds, but we had a lot of good laughs with the other miners and got excited over pieces of glass ( YOO HOO! crap.) and got muddy, and had an incredible motorcycle ride to and from the park through winding forrest roads in southern Arkansas (One of my votes for most beautiful states)
At the Tool rental shed we met some ranger/docents that had captured a huge caterpillar and were asking anyone if they knew what it was, I didn't know, but I knew how to find out.
It was an Imperial Moth caterpillar, I looked it up on "What's that bug"
A website I love, bookmark the link.
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