Shadow said it was time to take a break from traveling up I-5 so we took an exit somewhere in Southern Oregon as it was getting close to late afternoon. We drove down a road fairly close to the highway and found a steep dirt road down to the Umqaua River. It turned out to be a rock bar vs a sand bar. About six other camps were set up for a long term stay. We staked our claim to a spot and set up for the night. Turns out everyone there was looking to make some money sluicing for gold. It seems that California was shut down last year and this is the last year that sluicing will be aloud in any Oregon river. Really nice people we talked to mostly from Oregon but one crew came from Utah. It was interesting see the rigs they were using to suck up the bottom gravel looking for those evasive gold trailings.
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