I drove the Callapooia river road, and there are not many gravel bars to find at this time. Most of the river is private land. There is a gate across the road to the United States creek that belongs to Weyerhauser. I met a local gold panner who said the best panning is on the other side of the gate. I read on the internet that permission to go around the gate may be given so any one planning a trip that way this summer may want to check that out first.
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Directions: The directions were easy enough to follow, but the road to the left and the “parking area” to the right sort of sneak up on you. (There is a lot of sage and grass growing in them, so perhaps they are getting harder to see as time goes by). There is plenty of parking, and we found a teaser of what was in store for us in the parking lot…people must throw out what they don’t feel like carrying home with them!
Date: 6/15/2010
Comments: This place is amazing! While I don’t know exactly what we collected, there were more beautiful pieces of pink, orange and red “Opalite?” than I knew what to do with! We didn’t travel too far down the gully, but filled our buckets within a half an hour (the dogs were waiting in the truck). We found a few nice pieces of petrified wood, and left very happy! This is another place that may not be good to start a road trip with….because after finding this many good stones, you will be spoiled if you aren’t just swimming in agate and opalite!
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