MISTAKE!!!! It was a road side place for kids with ridiculous prices. A bucket of dirt with foreign gems was $80.
We decided to visit Pisgah National Forest instead. Stopped at the ranger station and talked to a ranger about rock collecting areas in the park: None. But we could pan for gold but the gift store doesn't sell pans; scratch that. SO let the adventure begin. We went into the park a few miles and stopped at a pull out near a brook ( correction a Crick :-) ); through the woods to the crick...a guy was fly fishing and had just landed a 16" brown trout. We talked to him awhile : from Asheville, his day off, assistant manger for a music production company in Asheville, business is recovering, applied for a government assistance grant for music people. Catch a 14" rainbow trout. Bob and I pulled some interesting pebbles/stones. Wished him continued luck and headed further into the park. Stopped several times to check out the local rocks. Eventually we got to the Blue Ridge Parkway (The Pisgah section) and followed the parkway back to Asheville. For a day that started not so good and raining, we finished the day after having a great day outdoors with burgers on the grill with the sun shining.
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