Le Done @ Voyageurs Natl Park

Fall has arrived.

We worked our last day of the 2014 season, today.  Ghosts of Voyageurs was great, but got us a little off track with the unusual hours.  Hence we're just a little late with this week's blog.  Would have forgotten it completely if Dad hadn't reminded me!

Colors are beginning to kick in.  Weather's cooler.  I've added one of Melissa Carlson's pics of Justin Olsen showing the quartz vein in Bushy Head Mine.  The quartz is what the miners were looking for.  Once they found that vein, the Bushy Head mine was drilled downward (vertical) along the quartz vein looking for gold.  The vertical shaft is now filled in, so you're now limited to just to walking (wading?) along the horizontal portion of the mine.

Plans are to move Monday after checking out.  Stops planned in Duluth, MN; Oakdale, WI; Utica, IL; and Lagrange, IN.  Of course that assumes things work so we can move.  We'll have the trailer & truck serviced at Lagrange.  At least that's the plan.

Later, David

We had a great group of rangers & volunteers to work with this season.  Gonna miss 'em!