I do thank you for your kind words, for there is always the danger that I shall become a dottering old babe, not telling interesting stories.
The beauty is there, it is in all God’s creations, if we look.
Maybe the fact that there was little beauty in my childhood, is the reason I am still fascinated by all the world holds, for it is all new to me and often some great fact that I learn, is common knowledge to the rest of you.
One of the facts in my geology book, was that water and wind will make the same patterns in sand.
The water in a sandy creek will leave the sand in the same patterns that the wind leaves the sand dunes.
Having driven thru the Yuma sand dunes so many times, they are a fantastic example of what a little wind will do.
My early trips were on the old wooden road that laid on top of the sand dunes.
Now I marvel at the way you can go through them and they will be falling on to the pavement and yet a few days later, they are blown away and it is nice and flat near the roadway.
If you look at polished stones or even jewelry rock, you will find the same patterns in the stones, as in the water and sand dunes.
Then take a look at the clouds and let your mind roam free.
In the 1970’s, when the man walked on the moon, a photo was in the Yuma paper, we have all seen it.
A couple days later a Rockhound brought his stone to the newspaper, so they could have a photo as proof and they printed it........He had found and cut open a stone, and the pattern looked exactly like the man walking on the moon looked.
And then there is treasure hunting, there is one dry wash that can only be found, IF you are at the right place on the right day and you see a mirage of a sailing ship, which you head for and that is where the gold is, a man in the Jacumba, Calif area, lived off it for years, he brought out only what he needed for a year and did not get greedy, but they were nuggets in a dry wash.
No, I couldn’t find them, but it was fun looking and at the time I did not know as much about mirages as I do now.
We once raced a train mirage, a full steam engined train, on its tracks......for several miles...
But there was no track there, it was on the other side of the freeway and not even that close to the freeway.
It was flat land, but the train acted like it was on mountain curves.
Might have been the narrow gage train from Silverton, Colorado.
We did a little searching for the ship full of black pearls, it should have been within 40 to 60 miles of our place in Wellton, Az.
There is also a pioneer wagon train and a German military army that attempted to invade the U.S. from Mexico in the same area.
They got caught in the sand dunes, the south end of the same ones you drive through at Yuma, that is why they are found and then when the wind blows, lost again.
The mirage/gold nuggets that were found, may have been a part of the Peralta gold that was transported through the area on mules, the Indians often killed them off.
Other sites have been found, with Spanish armour, swords,etc and about 18 “ down bags of gold nuggets.
Amazing how the land changes in 3 or 400 years.
Awww, that was very sweet and accurate, MHGinTN. And all I can add is DITTO!
I can only second what you said MHG. Granny is a treasure and I consider it a high privilege to know her and call her friend. How lucky we are to be able to spend time with her on this forum. God bless you Granny.
I wanted to ask you what Purr Baby and TT were doing these days. From what you’ve said, Purr Baby is the real boss although she lets TT think he is in control.
“That’s why so many of us at FR love to hear your stories, m’Lady. “
We love your stories, Granny. I’m often relaying them to hubby. I enjoy hearing about your adventures; you’ve had a very rich life.