Description: Detail of the crystals all glistening in the sunshine! This was the last photo taken of the Big Plate while it was still the Big Plate. Remember my Halloween question, would it be a Trick or a Treat? Well, I’d been thrilled with my Treat when the plate came out, what I didn’t know was that the Trick was waiting… Just after these last two water-side photos were taken, we continued our journey on the mine road towards town. Just before we hit the blacktop, disaster happened and the Big Plate broke, snapping right in two. The scajillions of pot-holes in the road bed took their toll, and even though we were more than three quarters of the way out, what more could be said, that was that. With our spirits crushed, the remainder of the ride out was sadly quiet.

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