Mining Museum

Today we went to the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum to get ticket stubs that Alyssa and Marissa can use to get 10 points for the GCC Geology summer class they are taking together. We all went and even though the heat was intense and we were about to go inside, I got a picture of everyone in front of a big bucket for a really huge shovel for scooping up ore.
We saw lots of really beautiful rocks including black obsidian (Marissa's class paper) and shiny silver galena (Alyssa's class paper), amethyst (thought of my mom and my favorite too) red garnets (thought of my grandmother) topaz (Roy's birth stone) fossils, and the gift shop!
Earlier in the day we went to the 6th Harry Potter movie - the Half Blood Prince. Gabby, Paul and Chris came with us. Roy Samuel and Marissa slept in because 9:00 am is a really early time to leave the house.
Important Note: I have embarked on the summer challenge of reading Infinite Jest on my Kindle, which is at the moment recharging on the bedroom dresser for my next read. I set it "wireless on" when reading so that I can use google and wikipedia; the Kindle dictionary is too Limited for DFW's expansive vocabulary and ideas. All of this uses up the battery quickly! I also regularly visit the Infinite Summer website, I started reading a week behind the IJ online community but have caught up, I'm at 30%! I listened to an interview David did at the time IJ was released, archived at Bookworm, which is now one of my google bookmarks. I am involved with this book and this incredibly gifted writer. When David stated in the Bookworm interview that America is on a path to becoming vulnerable to fascism I nearly shrieked. He foresaw Obama and the "progressives" the growth of huge, huge government and our loss of freedom 10 years ago!
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