"Okay, lets us start the new hunting year with some good ideas of where to go. So far, still planning on going to our t-egg claim near Harper Oregon and find some more of those biggies and new ones. I believe that the equipment will be ready to go and hopefully still taking my hoe/cat/crawler and get real serious this year. Talked with Tall Tom today. Sounds like he is coming along fine and is planning to join the crowd this year again. Love it when we can all get together underneath that big blue sky away from it all.

If the weather doesn't cooperate, open for other areas instead like:
Garnets in Idaho
Combining a Glass and Hampton Buttes for obsidian and green petrified wood
Going down and look for sunstones, Hart Mountain Jasper, precious opal, and to the hot springs
Ochocos for pink limb cast, t-eggs, Maury Mt. moss agate
Or any other suggestions. Really have a lot of areas we can go to have bunch of fun. I named areas that were free for digging except the Idaho garnets. Might be early for there because of snow in the elevations.

What does everyone think:
Don--Sagebrush Miner"

"Tell the truth, the sunstone, hart mountain, opal, and hot springs sounding better all the time. If you are up to it Tom, you could come down here and ride along with me. So far it's just a friend and myself so far gong from here. Could take total of four in my rig, take the small trailer and atv and have plent of room for the rest."