Spring break revisited
Wednesday Mar 28, 2007
Previously I wrote about spring break. It was pretty relaxing. We did make pretty good progress on the chicken coop, but have since stalled due to other projects and commitments. I'm hoping we can finish it this coming weekend.
We did visit Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, which was interesting. We got rained on both nights, and the tent held up well, only one small leak. The second night the rain was a complete surprise, as the storm blew in after a beautiful sunny day and an initially clear night. The tent site was interesting, a raised bed of sand, which worked really well with the rain.
We all mined for diamonds and other gems in the morning, and Nick and Karen continued for another hour or so in the afternoon. It's pretty labor intensive, either just looking at the surface of digging in and sluicing.
We also hiked down to the Little Missouri River, which is stocked with rainbow trout. I would say if you're not interested in mining or fishing, there probably isn't a lot to do at this park. But the campsite was pretty nice, and I wish Texas would maintain their state parks as well.
Overall, a pretty relaxing week.
