Saturday Distribution of Estate Rock

Thank-you to all who helped make the sort and pick happen. Here are a couple of club members comments.

Thumbs up 👍 to the volunteers who sorted all the rocks to be shared with our members 

Thanks guys, very much appreciated!!

Wayne 

What an awesome day yesterday at the country home of Duane and Katherine's, our kind hosts.
Thanks to the previous day sorters who could run an Amazon warehouse.
Thanks to the barbecue kings who cooked us delicious burgers and to Donna who volunteers to buy all the food and pays out $ for truck driver's fuel.
Thanks to Sam for her detailed and informing message about how we were to get all that stuff out of there.
Jerome will let you all know more about Sept. 6th's final collection when he gets more contact.
I found some amazing, colorful gems in my picks from yesterday. We have been truly gifted from Fred's  diligent collecting ability.
Rock on,
Sandy

Food

As always, good food is a priority for club events. Thank-you Donna for the planning and Jerome and Sandra for the facilities etc. Saturday night BBQ, and Sunday left overs inside during the rain.

Thanks Bob for doing the barbeque Saturday night, and Dennis and Donna for cooking in the rain.

Wayne eating healthy.

 

Fred Wiley's Collection

It was Fred's wish that the club enjoy his rock collection. Thanks to Jerome, Sandra, Luis and Sam for hauling several loads of rock and machinery from Fred's basement, to Westbridge for Sunday's event.

Lots were drawn and material distributed as equitably as possible over a period of 5 hours - interrupted by a downpour at lunch break.

If you were unable to attend on Sunday, another club member picked for you.

Several machines were sold by sealed bid, with the funds allocated for the BCLS scholarship in Fred's name.

When Fred's grandchildren have completed their selection of pieces from the remaining rock, there may be another haul and event.

Some additional equipment was found after moving rock, so there will be a few more pieces available for bid soon.

Towards the end, the picks were containers full, and you may have some rock that you would rather not keep. Ideas of rock exchange and or tail gate were floated around.

June 22nd Field Trip

Check e-mail - meeting 9:00am Rock Creek Canyon Bridge 

Okanagan Rock and Gem Show

 

April 27th Field Trip

Eleven club members participated in the outing on Sunday. Mud and snow got in the way of accessing a site on Orofino Mountain, but some interesting pieces were found when we stopped at a clearing to discuss plan B. Our picnic lunch was at Yellow Lake. The massive rock slide on 3A was so thoroughly cleaned up, that the hope for zeolites was dashed. After lunch, some went home, a couple checked the side of the highway, and others headed up towards Mt. Laidlaw.

Thank-you Jerome for leading the trip.

Piece found by Duane.

BCLS AGM

 

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