Today was also clear and cold, and after eating breakfast Chuck and Becky convinced me to go check out the spot Skip had told me about.  I had planned to leave around noon anyway, and they said that they could find the spot at Maury Mtn. where we dug on Wednesday, so off I went.  Chuck and Becky were going to go on to Hampton Butte and then Stinkingwater Pass, returning home on Tuesday the 15th.

I arrived at the location Skip told me about and put on my boots.  The blisters were still a little sore, so I left most of my gear at the truck and headed into the hills for a short hike.  Skip had indicated that there were blue limb casts in these hills.

The hills of Central Oregon.

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