Second day, April 28      Return to Misadventureres main page

The second day started with a crop dusting plane droning and spraying across the river 2 miles away.   Ten of us got into cars to go to Swansea, a ghost mining town.  We stopped on the way to look at the plants and flowers, then proceeded to Swansea.  It was first mined for silver/lead  then for copper.  First mined in   1862to 1912, then 1914 to 1929 and closed for good in 1937.  More information is at  http://personal.riverusers.com/~fw/AGT/swansea.htm  .  We then returned to the Big River Inn for an afternoon of relaxation, massages, and the arrival of the last of the misadventurers.  A rousing fire was built on the pebble parking lot to end the second day.    More pictures of the second day are here.

       Crop dusting plane in morning                                                        Susan hugging cactus

                          Group                                                                                                                        Swansea smelter

                       Horseshoe in air                                                                                                           Fire on pebble parking lot on 55 gallon drum lid