Thursday, August 7, 2008

July 2008

Eugene, OR latitude N 44°01′28″ longitude W 123°08′55″ elevation 787’


We came back to Oregon for a few weeks while our RV is being repaired in Colorado and I work with a personal injury Lawyer.

Well it’s official. I am a professional writer. Whites Electronics paid me and published one of my metal detecting stories in their August stories sections of their on line newsletter. http://hobby.us.whiteselectronics.com/component/option,com_story/task0,month_200808/limitstart,0/limit,5/Itemid,137/#4658

Did you ever see the movie RV with Robin Williams, when the sewer tank contents got all over every thing? Well it wasn’t quite that bad in some ways, but bad enough. Susan turned on an extra valve thinking she was going to water the lawn and turned on the black water tank flush system. Sewer water came out the overflow vent pipe on top of the RV and made its way into the ceiling. The top must be removed and the ceiling replaced in a month long $15K effort to correct the problem. Susan hasn’t found the humor in this yet, so give her a call and help her find that humor. Her cell is (541)968-4559.

The owners of the ATV rack and ramp companies have decided that the ATV accident last February was somehow my fault. These are the same people who were so willing and anxious to help me with the medical and other bills. They must be talking to lawyers from their insurance companies. I thought reasonable people could work this out, but I was wrong. I’ve lost my patience and hired a lawyer to represent me regarding this issue. We will see if the lawyers can work this out.

The Northern Cheyenne tribe agreed to no longer contest the adoption of our Grand daughter Diamond. Thanks for all your support through this ordeal. We were able to spend some quality time with her in Golden when we dropped off the RV for repair.

We rode ATV’s a lot this month as the high country passes opened after a record snow year. The wild flowers are spectacular in the high country. No close encounters with critters now that I’m carrying a camera. Isn’t that the way it is?

Metal Detecting this month was more productive and heart breaking at the same time.


I found a very interesting designed silver ring that our daughter Mandi just had to have. That’s OK, because I would rather some one enjoy these finds rather than they just set in my collection.



I found a really nice white gold 14K mans wedding band in a size 11.5, really a nice ring worth about $350.






Then the heart break story. I found a 14K yellow gold necklace with a heart shaped filigree slide. In the center of the heart shaped slide was a ¾ carat heart shaped diamond. I picked it up, rubbed the dirt off and started to my watch pocket with it. I sensed more than saw something fall. When I looked, the diamond was gone. I spent days looking for it to no avail. It has gone back to the earth. I had a ¾ carat Peridot set in the slide and gave it to my granddaughter for her fourth birthday.

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