Thursday, July 8, 2010

The Mother Lode

We have found the Mother Lode. And Tom T will know exactly what we're talking about. After thinking about the location of former dump sites on this island and carefully searching for a way down the cliffs, we happened upon Nirvana for any seaglass hunter. Seaglass professionals rate beaches by how many jewelry grade pieces they can pick up in an hour. Well, we were there for about 20 minutes this morning and I can't count the number of perfectly cooked pieces we loaded into our little grocery bags. When is enough EVER enough!


This is the smaller pile I keep on the coffee table.


Craig's pile. He likes the chunky junky mannish looking pieces.

And here's the big pile on the dining table which continues to mount. This doesn't include this morning's haul.

Craig assumes the standard position.

Some of the cliff areas we've accessed in the hunt.


I'm not sure I'll be able to climb down to the mine after Craig leaves on Sunday because he helps haul me back up, but we already have way more than we can take home. Excessive consumption! So maybe I'll just content myself with easy strolls down the airport strip beaches and the malecon after that! Catch some more time on Playa Norte under a little umbrella.

Happy hunting!


3 comments:

Jane said...

This may sound morbid, but I like Craig's bones. In my Isla collection is a large jawbone (which a dentist said is from a horse--???), and also what looks like a sea turtle skull. You never know what you're going to find while collecting sea glass, and that's what makes it so much fun.

Sue said...

So if you can't take it all back with you, you need to put it back somewhere - maybe create a new sea glass mine? A secret one?

couzin frank said...

You can ship it to ME...I'll watch it for yee! :)