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This was one of our favorite places to camp and detect as a family. We can now ride to this location from where we live! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594217828029-LPOABNGWIH4UMRATCY9A/IMG-0484.jpg About We really like our truck bed tent and air mattress. Campers are nice, but difficult to get into remote areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594041978188-6EJRNHR41DBH8Z5BT4DK/IMG_6688.jpg About Digging for crystals at Crystal Park with our daughters. Everyone loves to dig for crystals, so a 'crystal break' keeps the family enthusiasm high! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594041982276-R18O4FT2U2593RJ88JY1/IMG_6789.jpg About We all enjoy digging treasures of all types in 'The Treasure State.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594044039391-8GKN4D7Y1CX1I700QN9X/IMG_6653.jpg About Neroli, 8 years old in this picture, loves finding cool rocks, crystals, and other treasures. She hasn't found her own gold nugget...yet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594044048145-GWT5WSF8S9W8NSXPTT58/IMG_6689.jpg About Raine was just 16 months old in this picture, but she has always loved to dig in the dirt like the rest of us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594044038738-3UQORN6TO6FWWN4O3JJ7/IMG_6721.jpg About Sister time, while Mom cleans up camp, and Dad looks for another nugget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594133221463-LZTYLJP1E1MM195FXW73/Cows+with+Crazy+Mountains.png About Cow neighbors with the Crazy Mountains as the backdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594133227484-03X4HOGJP19B31RDF6EX/Yellowstone+Valley+from+Pine+Creek.png About Yellowstone River Valley, Paradise Valley, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594217824415-PBRXDRLPZQHZ658EU6X3/IMG-0444.jpg About Endless variations in color in our morning and evening skies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594217826508-HUF65CPD3NWH5AV34AQA/IMG-0506.jpg About Montana sunsets never get old, I promise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/1594217831899-0LHM1N1AMEXCCMVCEEMD/IMG-1206.jpg About Our Golden Retrievers, Roscoe and Digger. Unfortunately, they do not retrieve gold nuggets. Roscoe passed away January 2023, but Digger is still with us and going strong! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/813a32c3-9b10-48c1-8036-59eb67b1f8a4/311468006_535172271950999_6205144085802198510_n.jpg About Here are remnants of what looks like an old smelting stack in the area surrounding 'Highland City.' Fall 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/0de705b2-c6f8-451c-b821-f91fb256255d/350525061_964911268292996_4592504137805417847_n.jpg About One of the many 'back roads' we take with our 4 wheeler on the hunt for gold! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/418817cd-02eb-40bf-8c5d-74f00799c370/IMG_6826.jpg About Tim heading out to detect on some old homesteads we have found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/742a15b4-6a40-4dcf-8f81-8d9b816559e2/350097845_1458419498249126_8643158113850893724_n+%281%29.jpg About Neroli (11) & Raine (4) have never known a life where we don't look for gold, so our little explorers are always down for an adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/3a125870-2e36-4ae1-8c2f-e18bdc037d7f/350462161_1211976686868856_3121038946882212324_n.jpg About Butte Reservoir - near our land. This area is just a tiny snippet of the public lands around our home base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/4dd7c3d5-5e32-44df-b5f0-38d1c6ea720e/IMG_6715.jpg About This is one of our favorite homesteads to visit, and on this day Neroli did a sketch of the main structure in her sketchbook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/5741bac7-1283-4c9c-b369-adb4828b190f/IMG_6714.jpg About Drawing in one of Neroli's many passions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/f929458c-69c7-44eb-a6ad-320a9fc89e6a/IMG_6710.jpg About Raine loves seeing what snacks the 'Director of Alternate Activities' has packed for the day, and finding wildflowers to admire, photograph, or for Neroli to draw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/ad3e7b09-ff97-4f4c-8f49-32e21765bcd3/IMG_6716.jpg About Arnica Montana - one of our favorites that is both beautiful and medicinal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/6877ea90-a339-4f36-9f3c-91620a9ecdd0/IMG_6697.jpg About Exploring is Raine's preferred activity for now. The patience to detect for gold comes with age and is cultivated over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/04ea653a-1ed5-403c-9ff7-09063e536ff5/IMG_6746.jpg About Exploring with Tim, aka Daddy, at our former favorite camping spot, which is now just a 4 wheeler ride away! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/02e22a84-f8aa-4292-a19a-4953c01e6197/358076328_788176636297231_3593682110686227683_n.jpg About There are railroad tunnels near our home that we hike to that are a part of Butte/ Highland City's gold history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/4eab4a79-f105-495b-b17e-7fe1fc9c17ff/357409214_784700499978178_807081415498332001_n.jpg About My family was visiting over the 4th of July and the longest tunnel, which is over 1000 feet, still had very thick ice at one end! The tunnel felt like it was air conditioned, which was nice after hiking 3 miles to get to it (we still had to go 3 miles BACK home). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/f54a3da5-d9b6-4d8c-994f-6775fd405d32/313099089_549681400500086_8257084517426258146_n.jpg About Coming up to our house, or going to the Montana City homesteads, you drive under this trestle bridge. The trestle bridge is also a hikeable distance, like the tunnels, and has its own history that we will be sharing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/e3c311eb-dabd-495b-b469-440c9284ab3c/357007351_784700483311513_9025784976099966316_n.jpg About Neroli has grown up hiking Montana, so now she leads the way, oftentimes, when we have visitors we are showing around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/4e0f4545-b6da-426e-ab6b-09c0a8165209/356910811_784700586644836_657002295257970523_n.jpg About The landscape is full of wildflowers, granite boulders, sparkly soil, and ancient trees. We are home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f025e78bfc5804464483985/0c454f7f-8dfb-4855-956d-64c4577640c1/359505889_984567192683385_8139028302272369501_n.jpg About Here are the crystals that I (Jessica) have found SO FAR on our property! 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