Aug 15th 2026 Annual Picnic and club auction at Coulon Park in Renton.

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August 15th, 2026 is our annual picnic and club auction.  This year it is at Coulon Park on the south shores of Lake Washington in Renton.  We’ve reserved the shelter close to the swimming beach.  This is the easiest field trip of the year (difficulty rating 0-1) and always super fun.

Our August meeting is our annual summer picnic – there will be no Club meeting at the American Legion hall. Details are below!

Date: Saturday, August 15
Time: 12-4 (setup begins at 10:30)
Location: Gene Coulon Park, Renton – South Shelter 2 (see map below)

We will have the basics – plates, napkins, silverware, cups – please bring something that you want to share that is already cooked and ready to go. The shelter does have electricity too, and parking is nearby. We encourage you to get there early so that parking will be available.

You can bring drinks, salad, sandwiches, your favorite crock pot dish – whatever you want to share during this fun social event. Bring a comfortable chair for yourself too.

And the best part – the Club Auction! Score some great deals on beautiful material

Updated: August 17, 2026 — 8:23 pm

Presidents Message

  • Digging It!  Thanks to everyone who came to the club camp out at Teanaway campground near Cle Elum last month. After a brief spell of rain the first night, we were blessed with sun, clear skies, and rockhounding the rest of the weekend. And a big thanks to Roger Danneman for doing all of the trip organizing, and keeping us all warm and well fed during the weekend. This month I’ll be giving a talk at our club meeting about how to use Gaia for rockhounding. If you have specific questions, please bring them along or feel free to email …

Meeting Announcements

  • Noelle Barnes will present Using Gaia for Rockhounding, an overview of the features and tricks associated with the app Gaia and how you can use it for GPS, saving waypoints, navigation, photo tagging, trail recording and more. Show and Tell: Bring the rock(s) that have the best “story” – and tell everyone how you found them and where!

  • Club board member Paul Ahnberg will talk to us about the impact of wildfires on our lives – from protecting your home to staying safe while out rockhounding – and what we can do today to help mitigate our risk. Paul will combine his knowledge gained from learning at both the WSU Green School (Master Gardener) and WSU Climate Steward programs. Show and Tell: Bring something you found, from a place that you know has since been impacted by floods or wildfires – or was impacted shortly before you arrived. Tell your story!

  • December’s date and time is coming soon. We will update this page as soon as we know more.

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