Nov 17th, 2018 – Field Trip to Blanchard Hill (~12 miles S of Bellingham)

Past Field Trips

On Nov. 17th I’m planning to join the WA State Mineral Council trip to Blanchard Hill for Dalmatian Stone and Chert.  This locale is about 12 miles south of Bellingham.  Dalmatian Stone is a white marble with dendritic patterns. 

Meet at I-5 Exit 240 Gas Mart 8:50 AM (east side of I-5).  Bring hard rock tools.  (Sledge, big pry bar 3# hammer, chisel, and wedge ( Loaner tools available from Ed ). Safety gear, heavy cloths, gloves & eye protection.
Good roads, no hike.  Weather is looking sunny and dry for Sat.
Hosted by Darrington Rock Club (Ed Lehman (wsmced@hotmail.com h# 425-334-6282 c# 425-760-2786).

Roger Danneman cell # 425-757-3506.

Updated: November 18, 2018 — 10:53 am

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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