There Is Always Money Down At The River

So Ken and I made a trip down to the river this weekend.  We had to take a look and hoped to get some concentrates to pan out at home.  This is how it turned out.

We headed down to Sir Wilford Laurier park.  The barricades are still up so parking was at the entrance.  The Valley Zoo wasn't very busy so there was plenty of parking.  We left the equipment in the van because we wanted to see if it was worth carrying the equipment down to the river.  Still lots of snow and water in the park.  When we got to the spot where we usually use the path to get down to the river it was closed due to the embankment collapsing.  We had to see what had happened to one of our favorite panning sites so we went around it.  The path we took down was a little steeper than usual but wasn't too muddy.  Making our way over toward our panning spot we found it was completely washed away and the water level was high.

Laurier Park is one of our favorite panning sites in the city for a couple of reasons.  It has great   picnic spots for picnic and bbq's with the family.  We always find decent colour down at the river.

It was a great hike down there and back.  The woodpeckers were busy with the little red crests on top of their heads standing out bright against the still wintery back drop.  The ducks were out on the river where there was no ice.  The sun was shining and in our journey we found a 5 gallon bucket that we filled with recyclables that were along the way.  So the weekends take comes out to $1.50.

There is always money down at the river.

Happy panning

Angela