Gold Rush

In my attempt to post to writing entries a day, I have failed.

Instead, I wasted time last night watching a show.  I will say it was a little bit of quality time with my husband.  We don't watch a lot of tv so when we do it is always something to talk about.  (on a side note, our shows that we regularly watch are Survivor, Psych and America's Got Talent.  We can only watch these because they are On Demand)  

Because we both needed a little brainless activity, or at least that is what I told myself, I found the show Gold Rush on Demand.   It's a documentary about three groups of men who are gold miners in the wilderness of Alaska.  

It really made me think a lot about these guys and what it is that inspires them, motivates them to mine for gold.  Yes, the money is nice but it's not a guarantee.  And even the money they do get isn't all that much.  I think on the show we watched they were able to get $170,000, but that is split up between at least 10 men.  Plus it doesn't include the cost of just getting to this mining town.  It all seems a little crazy to me.   But I suppose we all do crazy things in pursuit of what we think is the thing that will help us strike it rich.