We took a trip to Aouli Gorge. It is an old French mining town in the river canyon. We took two cabs down for the day. Quite a trip. Took lunch with us to eat at some remote spot. The canyon was the nicest spot I have seen yet. Reminded me of Utah. The town probably supported a few thousand people in the good times. Many old buildings and mines dot the canyon walls. Some people still live in the town, free and mine the area illegally for fossils and gems. A lot of Azurite, feldspar, quartz crystals, geods, etc. similar to what came out of Telluride. They mined silver, copper and lead. It started to rain so seeing how the river rises quickly in canyons, we left. On the way out you could see debris in the trees 6-8 feet above the road. Faster Faster, get out of here. We made in out of the canyon and stopped at a remote spot for lunch. Within 15-20 minutes 5-6 guys walked over to us out of no where and wanted to sell us minerals they mined. Where do these guys come from. We Were In The Middle Of the Desert. Looked at the minerals, packed up and left Took a tour of a very rural old mining town with people still living there. Nothing to do but sell minerals. On the way back the river had risen to the point that we could not continue. We waited for two hours till the rain in the mountains slowed down and the river dropped. Quite the adventure. We thought we may need to sleep with local family back in the mining town. Glad we didn't. We might have had to marry someone.
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