Family Camping Trip

Greetings all!

I had a great time this past weekend.  We had our chapter meeting saurday at the property, while other members visited with the Buckeye Chapter in Bellville Ohio.  There was a light turn out for the meeting with maybe 40 in attendance.  Thanks to our former president for presiding over this meeting!

I had the pleasure of camping with my whole family for the very first time!  My wife, 4 kids, and even our dog had a great time!  Mother Nature threw a few curves our way in the form of showers and storms, but we enjoyed every minute of it.

I want to send out a special thanks to Duane Necessary for coming all the way from his place to test our waters!  He brought his dog with him and camped right next to us.  He is a great guy and seemed to really enjoy the site!

Now, on to the prospecting details!  The kids found many fossils to add to the collection, and I spent most of my time in a gravel bar!  A few games of skipping stones with my 7 year old and some instruction on Fossil Hunting later, and she was off and running!  I came home with about 5 gallons of concentrated gravel/sand to clean up in my re-circulator.  After first clean down, I had about 40 - 50 specks of color to show for my labors!  Not gonna get rich like this, but we had an amazing "Family" event!

Please remember to clean up after yourselves when camping.  Bring it in, bring it out.  We left with all of our trash and even picked up a few things from the site.  Not much stray trash out there as our members do a great job maintaining the site.  We took some stuff that had washed downstream with us for disposal.

Until next time!  May you always have friends by your side and Gold in your pans!

Steve

Meeting and Belleville Trip this Saturday!

Howdy all!

I have been a bit busy this past week getting ready for my family camping adventure at the property!  Co-ordinating a first camping trip for my wife, myself, and our four children has been a bit hectic, but we appear ready to go!

The monthly meeting is going to be held at the property @ 11am this saturday.

Directions to property

New members are always welcome!  Pot-luck style food and regular events to be held.  Prospecting in the creek as usual!

I will be on-site Friday evening and there thru Sunday mid-day.

Some of the group are going to Belleville to meet with The Ohio Buckeye Chapter for their annual FOSSICK event at the Swank property.

Hope to see you all at one event or the other!

Sincerely,
Rockhound Steve