Digging It!
I hope you’ve all had a chance to get out and look for rocks during the lovely weather we enjoyed in July – it’s been mostly perfect rockhounding weather. And for those of you who were able to come on the field trips led by our fearless wagon master Roger Danneman, I hope you found some good material. Big thanks to Roger for getting us all out there and helping us find beautiful rocks!
August is a bit of a break from the usual club meeting cadence – instead of having our club meeting on the second Thursday of the month, we’ll instead have our Picnic Potluck on Saturday, August 15. We’ll be at a new location this year, at Gene Coulon Park in Renton – South 2 Pavilion, so we will have shade. Setup begins at 10:30, with the picnic from 12 to 4.
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. And if there is something you’d like to donate to the auction, even better.
We kick off the fall rockhounding season with two field trips in September – on the 12the to Frost Mountain, and the September 25-27 campout in Cle Elum, near Red Top and Crystal Mountain. What could be better than waking up to a rockhounding field trip with your fellow rockhounds!
Thanks to all of you for being members, and I hope to see you at the picnic!
Noelle Barnes, President