From this:

Hiking the flat.

To this:

Hiking the slope.

Jerry and I worked our way across the slope. ?It was slippery and wet because of the recent rain. ?It took us about an hour to work our way to the spot where we wanted to work a seam of Tahoma Agate.

This seam was the one I found last week. ?When we arrived the slope didn’t appear changed much. ?It was still 45 degrees and still hard to work. ?Fortunately Jerry brought a length of rope and we tied ourselves off to a sturdy bush.

The rocks that this seam was in were very unstable, and the slope kept falling down into our dig hole causing extra work. ?We were still able to dig some nice Tahoma despite the hazards and delays.

Just a fraction of what we dug from this seam.

After a quick bite of lunch Jerry decided to continue working at this spot while I headed off prospecting for more seams. ?I spend about an hour crawling up, down, and over the slopes, ?locating a couple of spots that showed promise for future trips.

I returned to where Jerry was and we made ready to head out. ?It was now 3:10pm. ?The hike out took quite awhile since I was carrying 38 pounds of Tahoma Agate and Jerry had 30 pounds in his pack.

This turned out to be a great day. ?The weather turned out perfect, the companionship was good, and the agate was top quality.

Thanks for joining us.

chasfire