We had a beautiful day at Crystal Mtn. (north of Ellensburg) for our Sept. 10th field trip. The air was a little hazy from wildfire smoke, but it didn’t bother us that much, although the next day my throat was feeling the effects. Still, some beautiful views looking out over First Creek, the Stuart range, […]

It was a great day for a dig. Cool and cloudy. 15 vehicles, 27 people, and 1 sweet dog went to the black agate site off FR7222. We dug there for about 4 hours. Black agate, tan jasper, and tan opal was what we were digging up. Our guests from Centralia dug deep (6 feet) […]

For our June 11th Field Trip to Little Naches, we got lucky in that Chinook Pass opened up on June 10th saving us from the longer drive around. Plus we had beautiful weather, partly sunny skies with temps in the low to mid 60s. Heavy rains hit the area on Thursday and Friday. The ground […]

On Sat. May 14th we went to First Creek for agate, jasper, and crystal geodes. It was a wet day but fortunately not very soggy or cold. We had 18 people and 2 dogs in 11 vehicles. The sweet spot seems to be 2 miles in so that’s where we always hike to, but the […]

For April we did a 2-day trip to Central and SE WA. We were really blessed with gorgeous weather both days. On Sat April 23rd we went to Saddle Mtn for petrified wood. We met in Mattawa for the trek up the bumpy Saddle Mtn road. 11 vehicles and 20 people. There was another group […]

Turned out to be a pretty nice outing at Swift Creek / Baker Lake on Sat. It rained on the drive there and rained slush on my drive out at 3:30, but the 4+ hours we were collecting only had a few sprinkles. The hills in the area were covered with new snow above about […]

We were lucky and got a day in between the Pineapple Express storms for our last scheduled field trip of the year. No ice or snow on the pass, so that was also a relief. 16 people and 1 sweet dog joined me for the 2 mile hike into First Creek on Nov. 13th. Welcome […]

On Oct. 16th we went to Red Top again and it was another gorgeous day. Clear blue skies and temps in the 60s. We had 26 people in 13 vehicles. 22 made the hike up hill to the meadow while 4 did the lower dig. A few of us did both. I found a few […]

It was a very beautiful day up in the mountains for this trip. The smoky air was scrubbed out thanks to the previous day’s rain and the mountain range was clear and gorgeous. Mt. Rainier could be clearly seen from the Red Top Meadow. We had 22 people in 12 vehicles and ended up in […]

We had a great trip on Aug. 21st looking for carnelian agates and jaspers at Salmon Creek. I was impressed with what the group was finding. There’s just something very calming about looking for agates in a stream. We had 16 people and 8 vehicles on this outing, comfortable temperatures and overall very good conditions. […]