Lake Wilderness Arboretum Annual Picnic Potluck – Sunday, August 8th (Click Here For More Information)

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Lake Wilderness Arboretum Annual Picnic Potluck – Sunday, August 8th

Setup noon. Enjoy a picnic lunch together at 12:30 pm. You bring your picnic lunch and the club provides drinks and a limited selection of store-bought desserts.

If you attend church and are a little late  – that’s okay too.

Mark your calendar now and plan on attending! It’s always so nice visiting with each other outside of our club meetings.

This is such a beautiful, relaxing location for our annual Club picnic. The Lake Wilderness Arboretum is so gracious to allow us to use this outstanding spot. We are under the trees which with picnic tables and parking. It’s a great family event. Afterward, the Lake is within an easy distance for swimming, beach fun, and the children’s play area. We advise that you move your car to that section’s parking lot if you decide to take advantage of the lake beach and playground areas. Our club Arboretum parking area closes after we are done.

It is a picnic with a rock and mineral auction following. It’s also a great time to sit and chat with each other and talk “rock”.

 

Lake Wilderness Beach area.

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Wilderness Park – all new!

 

 

 

Updated: January 9, 2022 — 3:45 pm

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  • Come one, come all and play ROCK BINGO! With schools out for many local school districts, we invite members, guests, and especially families and kids to come and enjoy one of our most fun nights of the year. Everyone is guaranteed to win at this FREE event! All you have to do is bring three wrapped presents – presents can be rocks, gems, minerals, crystals, fossils, cabochons, slabs, jewelry, tumbled stones – anything you think might be a nice gift for a rock enthusiast. 

  • 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.

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