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A Vacation that Goes Awry

One carefully-planned trip took a sudden bad turn. Years ago, we decided to take our kids prospecting at the Herkimer Diamond Mine. The mine contained tons of quartz diamonds, and our children were eager to dig for them. Our vacation got off on the wrong foot. Traffic jams made our trip much longer than expected. We had planned to arrive before dark to set up camp, but it was almost midnight when we finally neared… Read More