Recently I went with some friends to go panning for gold up in the critter-laden woods of Auburn. I rode up there on my newly acquired BMW F650. And not really surprising, a not-so-little cute guy ended up finding a comfortable place to rest. Hee-hee!

This fun campout has been recurring for a few years now, and proved to be the biggest and most interesting yet.

There were about 20-odd friends and acquaintances brimming to the gills with creativity. I couldn’t think of a more appropriate event for which to bring my musical saw to play. Clever impromptu plays were written, neat-o shadow puppets were made as actors, songs were sung, a trilobite tikki bar was serving fancy drinks out of hand-made bamboo glasses , wemade our own Viking ships out of sticks and cardboard and raced them down the river , and of course there was the “normal” campout stuff too… roasting marshmallows, riding down the rapids on inflatable animals , fancy meals were made, and the panning and discovery of GOLD!