Saturday, November 19, 2011

Field Trip to McCraken Mine Saturday December 10th 2011


Wayne Uroff will be leading us to McCraken mine;
We will meet at 9am AZ time at the Cheveron station off Interstate 40 and the Lake Havasu exit Hwy 95. From there We will go east on I-40 to Santa Fe Ranch rd exit, Then SE to Alamo rd, South 30 miles to Signal rd, Then west to McCraken mine. This trip is 2WD except for the last few miles which are 4wd or high clearance 2wd. There are about 40 miles of good dirt road to get to the mine. As always if You don't have 4wd show up anyway. We will find You a ride. We can also shuttle people the last 4 miles if you want to drive.

Club Meeting and Pot Luck December 1st 2011

Our Christmas party Pot Luck will be at our next regular meeting at 6pm AZ time.
Looking foward to all the good food and people.
As We did last year we WILL NOT be bringing a present to exghange. Please bring Can Foods or packaged food, They will be donated to a local church.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Field Trip and Report for Meteorites at Franconia, AZ Sat Nov 12th 2011

We will be hunting for meteorites. We will meet at 9am AZ time at the Cheveron station off Interstate 40 and the Lake Havasu exit Hwy 95. From there We will go east on I-40 to Franconia exit. We will meet on the south side of I-40 to Park the 2 wheel drive cars. We will then go north which is 4 wheel drive.
Bring a good metal detetor and or magnet.

We Had 24 people show up to hunt for meteorites. Todd our leader was very helpful, showing us what to look for. He even gave us a small slice of meteorite to help us set up our metal detectors. We did not find any meteorites but the weather was great and we found a few rocks.
Thanks Todd






Field Trip & Report for Ludlow, CA Mon, Nov 7th 2011

We will meet at 9am CA time and 10am AZ time. Ludlow is 94 miles West of Needles, CA
on Interstate 40. We will meet across from the Dariy Queen. 4 wheel drive is required  We will be going south of I-40 and Lavic siding, great place for Jasper. Jasper is laying on top of the ground.
Mike Spicer

We had 3 4x4 rigs 5 club members and one guest looking for Jasper. We went south of  I-40 and Lavic Siding. We found lots of Jasper.