We awoke the next morning to find that the completely full campsite we pulled into had been emptied out. This was weird to us as it was a Friday night. The site had said they were booked through the weekend. We didn't realize until after our morning hike that the corner of our campsite had not actually been cleared out, The campers had all just moved. We went a mile down the road from where we were parked and started realizing "I saw that car and camper last night" and after seeing/having moments and moments of the same thoughts we realized: everyone moved away from our camper.
no harm, no foul. At least we have room to roam now.
We spent the next 2 days digging in the dirt at the Crater of Diamonds. Our original intention was to find my engagement diamond for my ring but after spending days in the dirt finding only rocks that look like potatoes and quarts we decided that the diamond for the engagement ring can come from a professional rock hound.
There is an extremely nice hike down to the river nearby that has 3 workout stations along the path. They include pictures and descriptions of how to properly use the equipment and Jay and I played around on them for a while. The walk down to the river includes various signs telling you about the wildlife in the park and also includes pictures of wha to search for. It started drizzling on us on the walk but the forrest is so dense that we didn't really get wet it was just a beautiful soundscape.
In all I would visit Crater of Diamonds again, and next time I'll take the class instead of being too stubborn to learn how to properly dig in the dirt and find diamonds. The State park was wonderful and we were able to sit on the back deck and hoot with the owls and enjoy our breakfast with out the disturbance of others. I would recommend this state park to anyone who loves the outdoors and wants to try their hand at treasure hunting.
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