How we fly out of Moore Creek

How brave do you feel after watching this?  Remember they came from their site 4 miles away, one at a time, because their runway isn't long enough to get them both off the ground at the same time.  Now they can take off from this gold camp because this runway is longer.  I think this is like some rite of passage... they're true mountain men.  Really I think it's just the gold fever.

 

Their friends at Moore Creek

This is Al and Cleta's place.  Very tight and cozy but friendships grow in tight places.  They ate bear stew one night and they said it was good.  "Tasted good, tasted good," said George, but then he isn't really a complainer and 1/2 stick of butter makes everything good.  He did say the bear ribs were a little tough. 

Dave signing off at the camp

Closing up for the season July 2012

Tour of the condo

Building their condo-oops we forgot the ladder

After 2 days at Moore Creek the guys are finally on task again.  They made it to the ridge about 1:30 in the afternoon.  They are marking their trail with the orange, pink and green ties as they are going in.  Funny Dave fact you should know:  Dave is color blind. 

The guys put up their nifty bear barrier as you can see and took a break.  They then decided to continue towards their claim.  They are continuing to mark their trail.  They get to the bottom and realize it’s a marsh with 4 inches of water.  They rode through the marsh and are lucky they didn’t sink.  Another interesting fact:  Moore Creek lost a dozer in marshes like this.  It was completely submerged in the marsh with only the exhaust pipe showing. 

After crossing the marsh they stopped and assessed their situation and saw they were going to have to cut through more willows.  They decided to head back to their campsite for the night.