The Gold Tour Via Las Vegas

[LuckyLundy]

Robin & I, planned to met our Friends in Las Vegas!  After carefully stuffing everything from her high heels, camping gear and detectors into her Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland, we hit the road to the Luxor Casino for a weeks stay.  Needless to say, my Partner Mike and I, planned on leaving the Wives back in Sin City with our $, for a couple days of chasing nuggets on the Arizona side of the river.  We met up with another friend, who Winters in Glendale, AZ and hit the hills in and around Gold Basin for a fast hunt of some old patches.  Mike, didn't let us down and we scored several nuggets with some great Weather and comradeship...it's the hunt and the sweet sound of a nugget under your coil.  Nuggets are just the bounus!  All good things have to end and we headed back to Las Vegas and our Ladies and finished our Las Vegas gambling, drinking & eating spree.  Now, to re-pack that Jeep to head down to 29 Palms to hunt the Dale District with Robin.  She has never hunted there with me, but seen the nuggets I'd bring home and the many stories and pictures of some very special nuggets.  Well needless to say, she was nursing a very fun last night with her Girlfriend on our drive South.  We arrived and I stopped and tossed the Jeep empty and then loaded up our mining gear and hit a nearby patch...Robin, was moving awful slow, lol. So, we went back to our gear and I setup camp before it got to dark.  Set the tent up and made it almost as comfy as that Kig size bed back in Vegas, lol.  Next Morning, she looked like she didn't sleep a wink.  I made some strong coffee to knock the last of her Margaritas out of her and gave her a pointy finger and I set off for the hunt in the chilly desert morning with her sipping coffee.  Well every now and then I'd pop up on a hill and I'd think I could still see her sitting there?  Couple hours later I look over that way again and see the hatch back of the Jeep was shut, well she must be feeling better and she is hunting?  Well 4 hours and no good, but I was hungry.  Headed back to camp for a fast sandwich and I hear her say any luck!  Robin was in the front seat of her Jeep reading a book!  I told her no luck, and there is no gold here, lets load up and drive back home! She was happy and she had that Jeep nearly loaded before I finished my breakfast, lol. Yes, all that stuff fitted into that Jeep!  Well until the next hunt...good or skunked, they are all fun!

LuckyLundy

 

[Joe Fortunato]

Lucky, always enjoy your stories and pics from gold country. I was feeling bad for Robin, thinking that 

sleeping in a tent out in the desert was not her idea of a good time. Then I read that it was because she had

too much fun in Vegas the night before!!! Tell her that I'm not as sympathetic as I was earlier.....lol !?!? 

Joe

 

[beatup]

Sounds like it was a good time

[strick]

Rick- Sometimes Momma knows best....

 

strick

[flakmagnet]

I'm sure if Robin had felt better she would have scored in the Dale.

She seems to find gold everywhere you guys go…

Glad she's feeling better, we all know what those post-'Vegas days are like…ouchie. 

[Nevada Brian]

WOW Rick, you certainly can fit a lot of stuff into that Jeep, well done!  Imagine how much more stuff you could bring along if you had a roof mounted cargo carrier.  Dry washer???

Brian.

[LuckyLundy]

Brian,

I'm thinking of a roof carrier!  That Jeep is something else, it has the Air suspension and will lift it up 4" over stock hwy ride height.  Hate the thought of cleaning it after this trip!

Rick

[Patrick in Havasu]

Fun read.  Thanks for sharing . 

Patrick 

[1515Art]

On 12/14/2016 at 5:42 PM, LuckyLundy said:

Brian,

I'm thinking of a roof carrier!  That Jeep is something else, it has the Air suspension and will lift it up 4" over stock hwy ride height.  Hate the thought of cleaning it after this trip!

Rick

Lucky, I've saved the Yakima roof rack with 2 bike carriers and a silver fiberglass pod from my old Mercedes, it doesn't fit any of my cars so I'm not using it, just sitting in my garage taking up space... you can have it if you want, just have to find a way to pick it up in the south San Francisco Bay Area.

clark

[LuckyLundy]

Art,

I have a cargo carrier from our Lincoln Navigator...just need the cross bars for the roof rails on the Jeep to lock it on!  Thanks for your offer and the Bay Area isn't that far from my local, for such a kind offer.

Rick