Our car trip begins

We left Roger’s, AR around 9am and headed South to Crater of Diamond State Park in Murfreesboro, AR.

It was about 4 hour drive and we had a quick lunch stop to make lunch on the side of the road.

Our plan in our head was to use 4 hours to dig, but we didn’t get there by 12 and well, none of us could last 4 hours anyway in the sun.

I pretty much did the digging while Josh and the kids did the wet sifting. The kids brought back the bucket to me and Brandon took
It back to the sifting area once (as it’s heavy).

We were able to rent the equipment there but we really weren’t as prepared as we could have been if we were a local. People had camping seats, esky’s, shade , more shovels and a cart to make it easier.

We didn’t find any diamonds, but we got some Jasper and little quartz pieces. It was something different to do.

From here we had about 45 min to our Airbnb which was a mini cow farm in Washington,

We were originally supposed to be staying in a two bedroom log cabin but the night before a tornado came and a tree fell down and smashed the guests windshield so he needed to stay another day. We were then upgraded to the barn, which worked out better for us as we all got a bed.

It was the cutest Airbnb with loft beds for the kids and a king bed on the main floor, which is above a working barn. it was a tin roof, and it has a small kitchenette and bathroom as well.

Not only the barn was adorable , but the cows. They breed cows and then sell them. We got to feed them, and then before seeing any signs, got a zap from the electric fence.

We didn’t get there till about 5, as we stopped at an ice cream store outside the State Park which hit the spot as we were hot and dirty.

We had pasta at our accomodation and a quiet night. There was a kid named Allen whose mom works at the homestead and he asked if Brandon wanted to see the farm. Brandon got to see the river and the farm and even ended up in the pool before xxx had to go home. Brandon and him ate some more pasta as well as he didn’t have any dinner yet and it was almost 8pm.

His mom, Monica came to pick Allen up she told me a bit about her life. She is Mexican , now 34, came over at 11 and she has a working visa. She carries it with her at all times. She has three kids. She also can’t seem to pass her drivers license test but she has a car and drives it as she has to, to get her kids to school and her job. Her son also mentioned that they are on govt help and they get money for food, as he was telling Brandon.

Miles driven: 265 milesRead more