July 15th, 2023, Greenwater Field Trip Report

Field trip reports

On Sat. July 15th we went into the Greenwater area for black agate, tan jasper, and opal. It was a nice day but got into the 80s, so kind of hot. Fortunately, that area has shade. It was a big group with 17 vehicles, 29 people, and 3 dogs. The black agate site is deep in the woods off of FR7222. We dug there for about 4 hours. The Centralia pit that was dug out last year was still productive. Some large chunks came out of it. The Forest Service has started locking a gate higher up on FR 72 and the rockslide that has the green agate/jasper is now a 1 mile hike up the road. Loren M. said they told him inside the Enumclaw Ranger Station that they’re going to start closing more roads up there. I don’t know if an explanation was given. I tried to make sure everyone had some agate to take home, but if you didn’t get any, let me know. I have extra.

Attendees: Jason S. & Weston, Scott & Laurie M., Nik & Michelle B., Erica & Chris D., Colin & Jessie O., Adrian, Malka R. & Ashley, Loren M., Scott H., Mike L, Julie & Gina M., Kari C. & Dave, Lloyd & Sharleen S., Les & Shari C., Justin R., Chris W. +2, and of course me.

Sat. August 12th is the CMS summer picnic at Lake Wilderness. It’s potluck plus an auction of club material. Good deals on nice rocks. That takes the place of our monthly field trip. Would love to see all of our members there.

Submitted by Roger Danneman Field Trip Guide (roger.danneman@gmail.com)
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Updated: September 19, 2023 — 10:06 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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