Kontan.

Out and about, exploring the surrounding area, I took the girls to Reed Gold Mine. Enjoying the great outdoors and investigating our historical past is my idea of a good time. Our first stop was to pan for gold. Lil Bit really got in to this activity and I do believe she would have been bitten by the gold bug had she been born in a different century. Big Bit thought it was too much like work. Exploring the grounds was pretty neat…well if you like being outdoors and you have a thing for holes. (I thought it was cool, Jem doesn’t see the joy in it and was glad he wasn’t along for the ride.) The girls were a little apprehensive about going underground. I told them it was the purpose of the trip and they were doing it. I fully expected Big Bit to get a little creeped out and have to leave. Once below and getting a history lesson, her inner geek took over and she thought it was way cool.

I took several pics of the day and decided to play with Windows Movie Maker. Below is the result…

(Still learning the software so it is pretty elementary. Music is a banjo sound from soundsnap.com and a Gold Digger parody that I found on You Tube.)