Feeling Lucky at the Lucky Lake Gem Mine
"I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often." -Brian Tracy We woke up feeling lucky. Our rock theme continued on Wednesday as we wandered an easy hour south of Richmond to the Lucky Lake Gem Mine in McKenney, Virginia, to learn about geology and to try our hand at sluicing. The Lucky Lake Gem Mine comes with a great story behind it. Owner Barry Resnick and his brothers and sisters wanted to memoriali
Ain't No Mountain High Enough To Keep Us Away
"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." -Sir Edmund Hillary Hello summer of 2015! We are excited to be out of school and to jump start our WANDERING! This week , we kicked off our Wandering Wednesdays and Weekends "on the rocks." As John Muir said: "The mountains are calling and I must go." We travelled to one of our most favorite places in the state: Lexington, Virginia. The fabulous Director of the Lexington Visitors Center highly recommended Lester Zook of Wild
