In early June, I had an informal meeting with BLM officials to see if they were interested in reviving tours of Smoke Creek and other places that I had been involved with them some twenty years ago. They were quite receptive and we plan to move forward. There is, of coursed, some behind the scenes work that will need to be addressed. So stay tuned.
Quite a few have expressed interest in the Apache tears/black diamond mine, in the Smoke Creek Desert. Whether, I undertake it on my, or with BLM has not been determined. Whatever the case may be, it will not take place until late September or early October when the temperatures are ideal for such an excursion.