Barbecue, Picnic, Purchase Rocks and Tailgate Rock Swap Event

The month of August is designated as our annual barbecue picnic. At the last meeting we had a good number of members in attendance, but this year we are changing our meeting location to better accommodate the event. If you missed that meeting you need to be updated on the details that follows:

This month meeting is August 15^th and will start at the usual time of 6:00 pm. The location will be at Kevin and Leigh Youngblood residence and you can find directions by clicking here

Because we will be gathering outside everyone attending should bring a leisure chair or something of their desire to sit on. The Club will be providing the main items consisting of pulled pork & Polish Dogs. Bring your own drinks, but no alcoholic beverages. We will have bottle water available also. We ask members to bring a desert, salad, or side dish.

This is a great time to chat with various members and look over the donated rock’s collection to determine what you need to buy to add to your own collection. There are some amazing materials that are no longer available to collect anymore.

Afterwards, we will have a tail-gate ROCK trading & show time. Bring anything you want to share or trade.

We look forward to this event and the time to fellowship with other Club members.

If you have any questions, please use the below “LEAVE A COMMENT” to let me know so I can address them.

We are pleased to announce our clubs upcoming 2023 annual Rock and Mineral Show at Colville Fair Grounds, 317 West Astor, Colville, WA, on March 10th 9:00 am to 6:00 pm & 11th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Admission is always free and a great day to spend with the family! Come early and stay late. We will have a food venue to take care of those hungry person wanting refreshments during your stay.
Plenty of Rock and Gem vendors to fill your eyes of Local Treasures.

Below you will find and interesting article regarding our Show last year 2022.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL FUN DAY VISITING WITH PEOPLE THAT PASSED BY THE BOOTH.

GREAT TIME AND LOTS OF FUN AT THE CLUBS BOOTH WITH ALL THE HELP FROM MEMBERS.

We had a Raffle to giveaway “one trailer (similar to the one in the photo) load of Firewood to the WINNER” for $1.00

Gene Fisher one of our members Donated from trees on his property.

We had various pieces of rock items for sale that had been donated to the club from members collections.

We had lots of help from members coming during the day and volunteering to give everyone a break, but also to pickup on some special rocks deals that caught their eye.

Our Wheel of Rock was a big hit with not only the kids for $0.25 a spin, but also the adult kids.

Every Spin was guaranteed to be a winner!

It was such a big hit that we ended up running out of polished rocks before the day was over!

Rockhounding in the Northeast Washington

Field Trip to Jim Creek

We hiked up to Site #1 to see if we could find any Galena in White Marble Rocks with Jim Peters

Sheila at the bottom of Site #1 looking for the best spot to find Galena in the white crystalline marble.

Trail to Site #2 for Galena Samples was very difficult to reach from all debris blocking the path