Field Trips!!!

Mark these days on your calendar NOW and plan to join us for fun filled days of Rockhounding!!

March 21-23, 2008...Easter Weekend

Each year on Easter Weekend we try and go down to Starr Springs for an early spring field trip. This is just like the Labor Day Weekend field trip. The date scheduled is Easter Weekend but this one can be rescheduled depending on the weather. Some years it is way too wet and muddy this early in the year so the dates are pushed back until it is good enough to go. In 2007 the dates got pushed back to Memorial Day weekend and the people that went had a miserable time. The biting insects were everywhere!! They came home only after a day or so of getting eaten alive. Please watch for updates as this date nears. We will try and email people if there are changes or you can call us to find out information. Hope for Good Weather!!

May 17, 2008

We will be going to the Dugway Geode Beds on Saturday May 17th. All those that would like to go with us are more than welcome to come. Meet us at 8:00 a.m. where the old Teddy Bear truck stop used to be located, on the south side of Exit 77 of west bound I-80 to Wendover (Dugway/Rowley Exit). Be sure to bring your shovel, pick, small rake, rock hammer, sun screen, collecting buckets and bags, lunch, and plenty of water. Be sure you have a full tank of gas too since there are no services. Contact DeWayne, Debbie, or Reed Pendleton for more information - 801-943-1682. We hope to see you there!!!

May 21, 2008 - May 26, 2008

Texas Springs, Nevada Tri-Federation Rockhound Rendezvous and Field Trip.

The Northwest, Rocky Mountain and California Federations of Mineralogical Societies are hosting a Tri-Federation Rockhound Rendezvous and Field Trip to Texas Springs, NV, over Memorial Day Weekend 2008 and all AFMS members are invited. For complete information, contact information, directions, camping details, and a schedule of events, please click on this link or visit the following address on the Rocky Mountain Federation website. http://www.rmfms.org/pdf/Tri-Federation%20Field%20Trip_2008.pdf

July 19, 2008

Our July Field Trip will be Saturday July 19th. We will be going to the Red Horn Coral Fossil Beds in the Uintah Mountains. We will be meeting at the Cedar Hollow Recreation Turnoff at 8:00 a.m. The turnoff is on the left side of highway 35 just after Woodland, Utah. PLEASE NOTE: An SUV or ATV will be required for this ride and 4 Wheel Drive might be a good idea as the road is highly rocky. Be sure to bring your shovel, pick, small rake, rock hammer, sun screen, collecting buckets and bags, lunch, and plenty of water. We have people from all over the state and other states that want to go so it should be a fun field trip. For more information please call Reed, DeWayne or Debbie Pendleton at 801-943-1682. We hope all of you can join us for a day of fossil collecting!!!

August 30, 2008 - September 1, 2008...Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day Weekend - Starr Springs. Every year we do a field trip to Starr Springs down in the Henry Mountains of Utah. Labor Day Weekend is the time of this gathering however you can arrive early and stay late if you wish as some people spend more than just the 3 days down there. There are many different places to rockhound down there and several things to collect, petrified wood, agates, and fossils to name the popular ones. Come and camp with us, enjoy the scenery, sit around the campfires at night, and get to know many people in the club. Hope you can join us for this amazing weekend!!!

October 2008

Floy Wash (more info to come)

We need people to volunteer to lead field trips. All you need to do is pick a place you want to go, pick a day to go, and then just lead the people to your rock hunting spot. So many people want to go rock hunting but no one will volunteer to take them out into the field. Come join us on a field trip, see how easy it is to organize, and let us know where you can take us next time.

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