Simpson Springs

I went there this weekend........
It started out with my son and one of his friends. They invited me. Then another. Then a dad.....another dad.....a kid brother. So the seven of us went out. I arrived early to set up the tents and such. I got a flat tire on the way out. By the time I got the tents and the gear done, the unseasonably hot temps had about killed me. But a lot of shade and Powerade brought me back.

We did some shooting, had an OK meal (the fettucine didn't boil properly), and sat around the fire and told ghost stories. My ghost story happened to take place at Simpson Springs over 20 years ago. So I took the boys to the cave in the dark. On the way there, one of them commented on all the stars and asked what the 'strange cloud' was. I asked if he knew what the name of our galaxy was. He answered correctly and looked at me for a few seconds. It dawned on him.

I feel saddened that he had to wait until he was 17 to see the milky way. It makes me wonder what else he hasn't done. He came over today and I mentioned to him that I had gone up to the Diamond Fork Hot Springs yesterday (DFHS hereafter.....or Fifth Water). He said that sounded fun. He had never seen an actual hot spring.

I digress........did I mention that I got a SECOND flat tire on the way back from Simpson Springs. FUN!!! I got the metal detector out. I mostly found junk in four inches of dirt i.e. old bullets, horseshoe pieces etc. I found a large quartz-looking rock with a large reading about 10 inches down., with a VDI that would correspond with gold. Of course the rock was under a large amount of soil and was quite large. I ain't gonna dig it out for the size of whatever gold might be under there.