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beauty, campground, camping, Cuyamaca, nature, outdoors, paso picacho, photo, photography
For past camping trips, we were so fixated on prospecting for gold that we never opened our eyes to the beauty around us! Here is a glimpse of the beauty at Paso Picacho campground at Cuyamaca in east San Diego!
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Prospecting for gold while camping. How intriguing. I need to get in on that action in my next camping trip. Excellent photos btw. I particularly like the large tree shot. Thanks.
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Thanks! The tree shot is my favorite too! Yeah, you should try panning! Its a great activity and we find gold everytime we go… its nothing to retire on but its still fun 🙂
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Without giving away any “prospector” secrets, where do you do this panning?
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HAHA! Mainly in the San Gabriel mountains (Angeles National Forest) in Los Angeles. There is lots of info online for where to pan. It just depends on where you live.
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Thanks for the info. I live on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and had never thought of this. I’m planning a long spring camping trip, and will do my research. Thanks for a novel idea.
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Of course! And what we do is exactly what everyone thinks- sitting by a stream and panning for gold like like in the old west! Nothing new and “techy” about it- that’s what I love!
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Beautiful photos! Makes me look forward to being able to get outdoors more myself. I need to figure out how to afford the gear I need to keep myself and 3 little kids safe and warm, which is my biggest stubling block right now but we’ve been enjoying short, local, daytime hikes.
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Thank you! It took us about 1 year to get all our gear and now we just do upgrades- which is nice! I don’t have kids so I’m not sure how that would be camping with little ones- especially at places where its not as populated! Day trips are always great though!
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I’m figuring that while they are little (right now they are ages 4, 2 and 9 months!) we will stick with state parks and well marked trails 🙂 I grew up camping, though, and would love to get back to it (it’s been a long time!) and raise my daughters with a love and appreciation for getting out into nature.
Starting with the minimalist things we need and can afford and upgrading over the years will probably be our best bet.
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Nice! You should! I never grew up with camping so this is all new to me and I’m loving it! I’m 27 so its nice to actually appriciate nature!
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Awesome pictures, love the big tree also!! Not done the gold thing, but dug for Herkimer Diamonds once and found a couple of nice ones. Might have to research this gold thing, thank you!
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