third times a charm

it's true it's true it's true. topaz mountain ACTUALLY has topaz!! i woke up at 8:30 this morning which was actually quite the feat seeing as how i haven't decided to roll out of my bed until some time after noon these last couple days. the plan was to leave at 9:00 i don't know why i thought that we'd actually leave then and why i did not attach two more hours so i could sleep longer because that's how things usually work in my family but waking up early only sucks for but a moment. sometimes... i need to tell you about this awesome wolf shirt i saw. honestly i spotted it so freakin quick, i didn't even have to see the front, just the back was enough to know that it was a wolf shirt and that it would be a great wolf shirt, i just have those senses now. anyway, it was a freakin indian on a freakin horse with these freakin wolves surrounding it. i knew that indians and wolves got along, but i didn't know that a wolf would just get along and protect that horse like that. it was an amazing sight really, and it took all that i had to not rip it off the man wearing it in that gas station. as great as that was, it probably came in second- after the discovery of topaz. i ventured back out there along with my dad and sister mindy, it was great to have some company other than the lizards.. also a friend of my dads came with his little 7, almost 8, year old son who thankfully has made me an expert on "spore slicers" apparently they're the ones responsible for all the holes and such in the rocks, who knew? The higher the elevation the more populated they get he told me, he said they will attack but to just conk them on the head with your digging tools if you encountered one.  so if you ever go, keep that in mind. He also taught me the gecko climb, which proved effective in climbing up the rocks, and it even had such a lovely song to go with it that i think everyone within a ten mile radius heard. Anyway... i'm so glad i could finally find it. it's all over the place really. you look down and you just see sparkling scattered all across the landscape. there was a part of the mountain where they had blown out some spots, they stamped it with "keep out utah state property" but it didn't seem to keep anyone including us off and therefore hindering our quest of finding the precious topaz. we could not be stopped. i believe that rock hounding is a great hobby and i plan to go back and become one of the avid miners there. it's such a neat place and was such a nice and sunny day. i even see a little redness on my arms... there's just something about being in God's creations especially with people you love, it's a beautiful thing. i believe that God has put such wonderful things on this earth for us to appreciate and enjoy, and i do intend on enjoying them. Appreciate yourself, appreciate the people in your life, appreciate the things we are given, and appreciate topaz mountain. pictures are to come later...