We met at 3:00 at the K-Mart parking lot on Sunrise Blvd. There were seven cars in attendance, four Trans Ams, a convertible Z-28, J.J.'s TA was in the shop so he brought his Explorer while the Raffs drove their truck. About half way into the run we were joined by the Kliens who had the mini van. We were scheduled to depart at 3:30 but ran a little late when the group had to retrieve Kathy and another club member from their shopping spree at K-Mart.

The ride up to the event was uneventful with all the cars getting to the desired location without mechanical breakdowns. As stated earlier we were joined by the Kliens at some point during the caravan. The caravan led by Gary took about an hour to get to Roaring Camp. Gary's driving was restrained but several members did not keep up with the rest of the group and were intercepted by "bogies".

Finally arriving at Roaring Camp the cars were parked away from the main parking lot, so the members elected not t to cover the cars due to large amounts of dust and tree sap. Upon signing in at the front desk we piled into the back of a very old converted flat bed truck driven by an equally old driver. At first he had a tough time engaging the clutch and as the truck lunged forward some of us were worried because in front of the truck lay a steep down hill dirt road! Along the way the driver pointed out several local points of interest and entertained all with some oral history of the local gold mining country. Some of the more interesting history was the hanging tree used in the mid 1800s to carry out summary justice, in other words vigilante lynching. There were three hangman noose placed there for effect. We also made a stop midway atv the "Fountain of Youth" where several members slacked their thirst with natural spring water.

Finally, the group arrived into camp after a bumpy 45 minute drive down the dusty dirt road. When we got off the flatbed our hosts were getting the grill ready for the barbecue while the women husked the corn and fried corn bread. Meanwhile there was live country music for our entertainment.

Most of the group began panning for gold and several people managed to find some specks of gold. Everyone was inspired by Gary's and Gayle's gold rings which were made from gold mined at the same location. "Ther' be gold en dem' hills". I on the other hand elected not to dig for gold, instead I took pictures.