Before i get started i want to say that we lost a very special and dear friend Friday. Jane Hattenbach passed away in her sleep. She was 87 years old. She will be missed by many friends, children ,and grandchildren.Ok, Last week we stumbled onto a Eden hidden in plain sight. Less than 50 feet from a hiway is a old dam built by Chinese miners sometime during the 1850's. The dam has long since filled in with debris,sand, and rocks but the creek found a way around it and now there are two beautiful waterfalls on each side of the old dam. At the bottom of the dam is a sunny place covered in ferns, moss and massive old toppled trees. I made it half way down and by then i was sweating like a fat man jumping rope in a attic in August! I stopped at that point and started wondering how am i going to get back up. My better half made it down with no problems and even helped me get back to the top! Gotta love that! We walked down the road a piece and found a way to walk right out on top of the dam. Its probably 60 ft long 30 ft high and about 3 feet thick. Its amazing to think of the labor that went into building this thing out in the middle of nowhere. We panned for several hours but didn't find any gold :( This morning we got up and drove to Reno, Its like Vegas only better in my opinion.We had 3 things on our minds, Gambling (of course) Mexican food, and a good scalding hot bath. So far ive had the Mexican food and in a few minutes comes the bath. One thing before i go, we talked to Big Ed and beautiful Jena today. Two of the nicest people ive ever met. hope to see them soon...
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