Very Pretty

 

The wildflowers are blooming everywhere.  This deer hangs around the campground eating as many flowers as possible.  The totem poles are getting fresh coats of paint so they look very nice now.  The wood carvers have been busy creating a new totem for this year.  The agreement they have with the park is that they have to produce one pole a summer for the park.  They can work on other projects for themselves after they are done with the new totem. 

We took a drive up to Warm Lake and stopped at a nice forest service campground and spent some time down by the river that runs by it.  We brought a bucket of dirt to pan out in the river to find the gold that was in it.  We found  a little bit so it was fun.  The dirt came from the owner of the park's son in law.  He owns a gold mine in Montana and brings the dirt back to his place in Boise for the final cleanup.   He likes to show us pictures of the gold his mine has produced -- some very pretty pieces.  We haven't found any very pretty pieces -- we think he just gives us a little bit to play with that he knows doesn't have much in it.  Oh well its still fun.