Beach Family Vacation

Summer is almost over.  It has been busy.  It started out beautiful, then got so hot and humid I could hardly function!  But somehow we got through it. August was a real challenge around here, but the summer ended as beautiful as it started.  Our little ice cream stand by the lake closed last night [...]

What do you get when you combine Herkimer Diamonds with a weekend getaway?  The answer is a great mini-vacation with the chance to find treasure! Herkimer Diamonds can be found in Herkimer County, New York, USA.  Technically they are not actually diamonds.  These gems are actually a quartz crystal.  Regular quartz crystals have a hexagonal [...]