Nana40
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YeeHaw! We Did It! And It Wasn't THAT Bad!
So. I'm getting cabin fever here. Can you believe it's so dog-gone cold here in the south? I mail Lisa yesterday and tell her that I'm going hunting tomorrow. She's like, "You know it's only going to be in the 30's tomorrow, right?" "Yep," I say. "But I don't care...if only for a few minutes, I wanna go." I mail her this morning. I say, "Ok..I'm going...what if we're missing out on digging the holy grail today?"
So she says, "I'll pick you up at 12:30." 
Now it's been pretty cold here for the last week. We've stayed in the 30's for daytime highs and 15-25 for the lows. I know, I know, not nearly as bad as my Yankee friends have to deal with, but for it to stay this cold in Alabama for this long is very unusual. I've always said that if it's below 40, I ain't going. But knowing there are NO snakes and no bugs, and the weeds and vines are at bay, not to mention the fact that I log in and see all the terrific finds being posted, I couldn't stand it any longer. Put on the thermals, extra shirt, coat, had my ears covered and double gloves.
Off we go to explore a site that we know had an old homesite on it....With hopes that the cold has withered up the tall grass there.
Get to the site and spot this gray heron taking a dip in the icy water......I won't mention what Lisa said about that poor bird being butt deep in ice water.
We go over to where we need to be and the grass is dead, but still thigh high.![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
Makes for a very sore arm trying to squash down the grasses with the coil to be able to hunt the dirt. Wasn't there five minutes and got my one any only keeper there. Was a FOB! We stayed there for another 30 minutes or so and decided to check out another site nearby.
Same thing...dead grass, but still too high.
So we work around the patches that we can get to and I manage another miners tag and a little round ball.
Was a short hunt. But I feel much better now.
Suppose to snow here tomorrow. I'll post you some pictures! 
Find something good!~
Nana
So. I'm getting cabin fever here. Can you believe it's so dog-gone cold here in the south? I mail Lisa yesterday and tell her that I'm going hunting tomorrow. She's like, "You know it's only going to be in the 30's tomorrow, right?" "Yep," I say. "But I don't care...if only for a few minutes, I wanna go." I mail her this morning. I say, "Ok..I'm going...what if we're missing out on digging the holy grail today?"
So she says, "I'll pick you up at 12:30." Now it's been pretty cold here for the last week. We've stayed in the 30's for daytime highs and 15-25 for the lows. I know, I know, not nearly as bad as my Yankee friends have to deal with, but for it to stay this cold in Alabama for this long is very unusual. I've always said that if it's below 40, I ain't going. But knowing there are NO snakes and no bugs, and the weeds and vines are at bay, not to mention the fact that I log in and see all the terrific finds being posted, I couldn't stand it any longer. Put on the thermals, extra shirt, coat, had my ears covered and double gloves.
Off we go to explore a site that we know had an old homesite on it....With hopes that the cold has withered up the tall grass there.
Get to the site and spot this gray heron taking a dip in the icy water......I won't mention what Lisa said about that poor bird being butt deep in ice water.
We go over to where we need to be and the grass is dead, but still thigh high.
Makes for a very sore arm trying to squash down the grasses with the coil to be able to hunt the dirt. Wasn't there five minutes and got my one any only keeper there. Was a FOB! We stayed there for another 30 minutes or so and decided to check out another site nearby.Same thing...dead grass, but still too high.
So we work around the patches that we can get to and I manage another miners tag and a little round ball.
Was a short hunt. But I feel much better now.
Suppose to snow here tomorrow. I'll post you some pictures! Find something good!~
Nana
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