Greetings!
You will find the latest issue of the Blue Agate Newsletter on the sidebar. Enjoy!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tuesday evening
Couldn't resist capturing this gorgeous sunset about ten minutes ago! And yesterday it was snowing in Pinedale!!!!! Supposed to get in the 70's the rest the week! We are headed south next week.
Check this out!
ICE BREAKER FIELD TRIP (First of the Season)
WHERE: AFTON CANYON - NORTH CADY MTNS
WHEN: Saturday October 18
MEET: 8am at Basin Road and I-15 offramp (south side) east of Barstow.
We leave at 8:30am after waiver forms are signed. NOTE: Adam Dean and Teresa will be at Peggy Sue's Restaurant off I-15 near Yermo around 6am for breakfast for those wishing to meet earlier. Open to all CFMS affiliated clubs and members. 4WD required OR 2WD to the railyard. NO LOW CLEARANCE VEHICLES! Roads are sandy and rough. Rides can be arranged at the railyard in to 4wd. Food, water and gas can be had in Barstow. These are remote sites with no facilities. No alcohol during the group event. Camping sites are nearby for stayovers. This is a day trip. Temperatures should be comfortable with cold nights. Be prepared. The material sought will include fluorite, agates, jaspers, onyx, and sagenite nodules. Other finds are possible. Be prepared for hard rock mining for better material although much float is present. Be reminded that these areas are not theme parks and that wildlife and rough terrain is common. Play nice and be safe. Release of Liability Waivers must be signed. For further info please contact Adam Dean @ (909) 489-4899 or theagatehunter@verizon.net or Shep Koss @ (661) 248-2411freudonetoo@yahoo.com
WHERE: AFTON CANYON - NORTH CADY MTNS
WHEN: Saturday October 18
MEET: 8am at Basin Road and I-15 offramp (south side) east of Barstow.
We leave at 8:30am after waiver forms are signed. NOTE: Adam Dean and Teresa will be at Peggy Sue's Restaurant off I-15 near Yermo around 6am for breakfast for those wishing to meet earlier. Open to all CFMS affiliated clubs and members. 4WD required OR 2WD to the railyard. NO LOW CLEARANCE VEHICLES! Roads are sandy and rough. Rides can be arranged at the railyard in to 4wd. Food, water and gas can be had in Barstow. These are remote sites with no facilities. No alcohol during the group event. Camping sites are nearby for stayovers. This is a day trip. Temperatures should be comfortable with cold nights. Be prepared. The material sought will include fluorite, agates, jaspers, onyx, and sagenite nodules. Other finds are possible. Be prepared for hard rock mining for better material although much float is present. Be reminded that these areas are not theme parks and that wildlife and rough terrain is common. Play nice and be safe. Release of Liability Waivers must be signed. For further info please contact Adam Dean @ (909) 489-4899 or theagatehunter@verizon.net or Shep Koss @ (661) 248-2411freudonetoo@yahoo.com
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Correction
I think my mind is blown...The meeting is the third Monday of the month; October 20 at 6 PM PDT.
Just some information
I've been asked by several people when the time changes - it's the first Sunday in November.
Our meetings resume in October, the 15th to be exact. Six PM (CA time) at the First Baptist Church, 1421 Commercial Street, Mohave Valley, AZ (behind Jerry's Tools). I haven't confirmed with Barb, but I believe the Board meets half an hour earlier. I will post that when the information becomes available.
If you have any new information please let me know and I will post for the group!
Our meetings resume in October, the 15th to be exact. Six PM (CA time) at the First Baptist Church, 1421 Commercial Street, Mohave Valley, AZ (behind Jerry's Tools). I haven't confirmed with Barb, but I believe the Board meets half an hour earlier. I will post that when the information becomes available.
If you have any new information please let me know and I will post for the group!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
You need to read this!
Hi Rocknuts,
This was just forwarded to me and needs to be forwarded to all
concerned:
"All,
I have just spoken to Jim Strain, who was involved in CFMS/PLAC for years before his health became an issue. He is still involved in Imperial Valley politics and he has learned thru a County Supervisor that DIANE FEINSTEIN is going to propose after January 1, 2009 a WILDERNESS BILL THAT WILL COVER ALL OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT.
Senator Feinstein's office in Los Angeles is sending him maps that will cover all the areas involved.
YOUR JOB: convince everyone you contact that this is a bad bill. It will "Lock up" the very area that we have used as an educational tool to share our desert with our children and visitors. Who better to be "good will ambassadors of the Southern California Desert", than Californians who have grown up in the desert.
Please forward this to all your club members, we must flood Senator Feinstein's offices. Her Los Angeles office was unaware of the agreement making the Houser Bed area west of Blythe, CA as a "rockhound area." They have NOTHING ON FILE. The office of the BLM in Blythe has do files on this and all those who were involved are either gone or dead!
This leaves us.. If you want to continue to enjoy the Southern
California Desert, they we'll have to fight to keep it.
Shirley Leeson
AFMS President
CFMS Past President"
This was just forwarded to me and needs to be forwarded to all
concerned:
"All,
I have just spoken to Jim Strain, who was involved in CFMS/PLAC for years before his health became an issue. He is still involved in Imperial Valley politics and he has learned thru a County Supervisor that DIANE FEINSTEIN is going to propose after January 1, 2009 a WILDERNESS BILL THAT WILL COVER ALL OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT.
Senator Feinstein's office in Los Angeles is sending him maps that will cover all the areas involved.
YOUR JOB: convince everyone you contact that this is a bad bill. It will "Lock up" the very area that we have used as an educational tool to share our desert with our children and visitors. Who better to be "good will ambassadors of the Southern California Desert", than Californians who have grown up in the desert.
Please forward this to all your club members, we must flood Senator Feinstein's offices. Her Los Angeles office was unaware of the agreement making the Houser Bed area west of Blythe, CA as a "rockhound area." They have NOTHING ON FILE. The office of the BLM in Blythe has do files on this and all those who were involved are either gone or dead!
This leaves us.. If you want to continue to enjoy the Southern
California Desert, they we'll have to fight to keep it.
Shirley Leeson
AFMS President
CFMS Past President"
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