Well, we made it there (although it took a little longer than we expected) and now we're back home.  Was it a success? Yes. Did we get rich? No. Did we have a blast? Yes. We had a great time and we learned a lot.  I believe we could actually get quite a lot of gold next time we go.  We did find gold this time, but not as much as we thought we would. It seems that much of the information that we had counted on was incorrect and this cost us a lot of time that we had expected to be able to use in the processing of the gold rather than in the locating of it. Oh, well. As I said before we left, the hunt is as much if not more of the fun as the finding.  We met a lot of great people and we had an enjoyable time.  Our equipment worked very very well and we did have a great time.  I would do it again even without the financial success that of course we had hoped to have had. I look forward to other outings this summer.

Sooner,

Badger Bill