CMS April 18th 2020 Field Trip To Saddle Mtns – CANCELLED

Past Field Trips

Due to the Governor’s Stay At Home order, this field trip is cancelled.
We will hopefully be able to resume field trips in May with the May 16th trip to First Creek.

Original text – On April 18th 2020, we will be going to Saddle Mountain for Petrified Wood.
Meet at the Shell Station 9:45, 723 Government Road, Mattawa, WA 99349.

Group will leave promptly from the meeting point at 10:00 AM.

From Renton, it’s approx. a 3 hr drive (155 miles).

Petrified Wood – Bring digging and hard rock tools, buckets, and sturdy shoes. Bring a jacket because if it’s windy it can get chilly. The road can be rough going up to the dig sites.

Roger Danneman CMS (roger.danneman@gmail.com  425-228-8781 or 425-757-3506 

 

Updated: May 15, 2020 — 5:28 pm

Presidents Message

  • Digging It!  May is finally here, and with the snow clearing, the flowers blooming, and the rains letting up a bit (hopefully), that rock fever is hitting us all pretty hard. I hope you all had a great time at the Rock Bingo night last month! The Big Show is Coming! We are now less than two months away from our Cascade Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show, which will be held June 27–28 at Kent Commons. This is our biggest event of the year, and as I mentioned when I started my term, the people are what make this club …

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  • Our own Mike Blanton will bring his expertise to this club meeting program – he will share the tools, tips and tricks he has developed to drill holes in stones and minerals so you can do more with the rocks you find. Show and Tell: bring a rock you’d like to make into something else.

  • Club Wagonmaster and rock shop creator Roger Danneman will present an overview of the new club shop – including equipment, scheduling, stewards, and what you can expect from this exciting new resource.  Show and Tell: bring a rock you want to polish or make into a cabochon (or something you’ve already polished or made)

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