Another kind of monitor

This is a monitor, a high pressure water blaster used to scour into hillsides in the quest for gold. Large gashes were left in hillsides by miners trying to get beneath the surface looking for more gold. Martha is standing near the box used for ballast by loading it with rocks.

#8 Taking Care of Business

August 27th 2010
Tuesday August 17, 2010: We'd happily stayed an extra day at Rocky Point, Klamath Lake, because the weather predicted for the Medford area on Monday was 100 degrees and we figured our day there would be hard enough without battling heat. First of all, Phil had to vote. His absentee ballot for the Australian federal election had gotten to Portland after we'd left, so we'd picked a small town in ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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