I went over to the old panning place in Apex, NC today. It used to be where folks could go to shift through bags of dirt and sand to find raw gemstones, and the grounds were gorgeous. The little buildings are still there, but the water troughs are long gone... and the pretty little ponds in the zen garden have been drained. A shiny new office building resides on the property now... I don't know how much longer the old buildings will remain, but I wanted to walk around, remember times past, and take shots of one of the loveliest pieces of property I've ever been on.