Tag: Arkansas

Diamond Hunting and a Birthday in the RV

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November 1 2015

Today we spent our time at Crater of Diamonds National Park in Arkansas.  It is the worlds only public diamond mine and was created from volcanic activity.   It was really muddy because it had just rained the day before but they told us that means that nature did the work of uncovering the diamonds for us. We didn’t find any diamonds but we did find pretty rocks. My mom even found a purple gem called an “amethyst”. We  are starting to work out way back home and everyone is ready to sleep in there own beds. We drove another 5ish hours until we got to Memphis. So close but still far away. Here’s a video I made of the day(:

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AND it is a very, very special day here in our RV today!  We are celebrating another teenager in the McCleary Family!  Greta is 13 today!  Greta is a joy and her smile can light up any room.   She is a gem far more valuable than any we could have found in the diamond mine yesterday!   I’m so very thankful God gave her to me!  Happy Birthday, Greta!  Love you forever and always.  – mom

Halloween 2015

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October 31, 2015

We started out October 31st, 2015 by hanging out for a bit in the French Quarter.   After that we did a little E fit and watched a row team practicing in the canal by our camp site in New Orleans.

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Then started the drive.  A storm was rolling in, so we hooked up and took off toward The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas.  We’ll tell you all about our mining experience tomorrow.

We crossed the mighty Mississippi yesterday in the rain in the Baton Rouge Port.

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One of the most exciting things for the day was captured in the picture below.  We were in what seemed to be not such a nice area of a small town in Arkansas.  We took and alley (which might have been our first mistake) to which we ended up stuck.  We were stuck because of a low laying electrical wire.  But, being married to such a smart guy, we figured it out and did surely the smart thing!  We held the wire up with a stick and drove under it!

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