Well, I got my MULE. His name is Ken. LOL We packed in over 120 lbs. of equipment up thru the rocky pass  then down to the river of Eden, which I now will refer it to as the " Gates of Hell". Getting there was not too bad because we were fresh and pumped with adrenaline. I had my doubts about moving this massive bolder, but with the engineering mind of Ken we attacked it with the fury of 49er Fever. Being dug out, cussed out, and hammered upon it finally gave up and MOVED! We are not talking inches here folks, but a good 2 feet! Now, of course, we had to follow our plan and move its little brother and sister out of the way. (Only a ton or so piece," groan") We moved the overburden in 5 gal buckets down to our sleuth box about 30 feet down a rocky course of jumbled rocks, about 20 trips, "groan again".

The bedrock was finally exposed and then Ken cleaned it like a crazed housewife on crank! I'm not going to tell you how much gold we found, but I will tell you this....it's never enough!   As for the experience we gained, it was priceless. Now of course we had to pack everything out, plus a couple of pounds more."Third groan"  When I started this day I was 52. Today I feel 90.
Damn, I can't wait till dredging season opens!
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This picture is bedrock that was cleaned out after moving the boulder. Pretty great cleaning job, huh!

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As people begin to age the gods employ corrupting tactics. They ultimately begin to look down on the children and the wisdom they recently understood:::
They voluntarily turn their back on their opportunity to ascend and instead embrace evil.
It's not old people who go to heaven. Old people must come back because of the mistakes they've made throughout their lives. Children are the ones who have the opportunity to ascend.


Children are discounted by adults in society. The gods corrupt people as they age, use trust-building tactics and soon adults view the children as ignorant, yet to understand the god's system, and subsequently look down on the children. This is one of the most bitter, painful ironies the gods employ, for people consciously turn their back on and lose their opportunity to ascend::::
Religions teach that old people to go to heaven when they die. They don't. Old people are reincarnated. It's the children who go to heaven, those who have a chance at immortality.
The wisdom the gods impart to children, either through their innocence/purity or religious-based educational pursuits are the gods sharing the truth with their most favored people::::It's the children whom the gods teach the right way for it is the children who have a chance. For example, they teach children to have faith, for understanding the god's geographical clues hurts people by illustrating negative things, opening the door for the god's to employ deceptive tactics.
Old people don't go to heaven. Old people must come back because of the mistakes they've made throughout their lives. It's the children who have the opportunity to go to "heaven". They must behave apprioriately, think correctly and be genuinely god-fearing. Their innocence and lack of desensitization ensures they have a real opportunity to achieve this goal.

This is charecteristic of the gods methodology::::The big prize gone early, deception compels people to chase something that has already be