Robert Sankovich, Mike Miller VP Field Trips
These are the Conejo's field trips, with our club, Oxnard & Ventura, which makes the tri-clubs, allows for a greater variety of sites to visit, and the benefits of other peoples experiences. If you decide to go on a field trip, please contact Robert Sankovich, rmsorca@adelphia.net 805-494-7734 or Mike Miller, 805-530-3744. Sometimes field trips can be canceled due to weather or other circumstances, if we don't know your going we won't be able to notify you. I have a new Truck, it's a White Ford F250 4x4 Crewcab so if your looking for me, look for my truck.
There will be a flyer, map and usually sample specimens at the club meetings. Field trips are a great way to get to know other members and make new friends.
Attending the monthly general meeting, or reading the bulletin and contacting the Field-Trip Chairman are two ways to "sign up" for and confirm an upcoming outing.
Rock-hounding expeditions are typically scheduled on a monthly basis and generally involve 2 to 8 vehicles with 3 to 20 people travelling 1 to 10 hours to remote locations where either free access is allowed or the Conejo Gem and Mineral Club has been given rights or privileges to collect material following "hand collecting" codes of conduct. Some trips suggest an overnight stay in a nearby hotel or campsite and can be a fun weekend for the family. Guests are welcome as long as they are accompanied by a member. *All field trips are FREE, except where noted*. Incidental fees/costs, transportation, food, hotels/motels, campgrounds, parking, etc. are up to the individual to pay. The actual field trip is free*. Most costs on field trips is the gas for your vehicle, and you can pack a lunch. You may elect to camp out overnight or stay in a nearby motel if an overnight stay is scheduled. We also welcome daytime collectors who want to just spend a few hours at the site during the day even if the outing is a 2 or 3 day trip.
Schedule of upcoming Field Trips
| Month | Location | Date | Possible Finds |
| January | Wiley's Well, Quartzsite |
January Thur-Sat 21st-23rd |
Petrified Iron wood, nodules, geodes |
| February | Ant Hill | Febuary 27th Sat 10am | Shark Teeth Fossils |
| March | Victor Valley Gem & Mineral Club |
March 12-14th Fri-Sun |
Verde Antique, Tri-colored marble |
| March | Jalama Beach, CA | March 20th Sat 10am *Campground parking fee* | Agate, Petrified Whale Bone, Fossils |
| April | Marble Mountains/Basin Road | To be determined (probably a 3-4 day trip) |
Trilobite Fossils, Agate, Jasper |
| April | Somis | To be determined |
Sand dollar, Clams, Gastropod fossils |
| April | Borchard Park, Newbury Park, CA | April 24th. 25th. Sat. & Sun. 2010 | Our Annual Show-Pageant of a Thousand Gems |
| May | Loop road trip with stops at National Petrified Forest, Meteor Crater. Driving through AZ, NM. Possible collecting sites, Turquoise, float gold | Early May when it's cooler |
Possible collecting sites, Turquoise, Crinoids fossils, Petrified wood. I'm still researching this |
| June | Bishop/Independence area |
To be determined |
Ammonites fossils, garnets, (other minerals to come |
| July | Jade Cove, CA | July 31st. Sat 10am, |
Nephrite Jade, Serpentine, Soap Stone, Ab shells |
| July | Old Meadows Park, CA | July noon-3pm | Our Annual Picnic in the park (food, games & fun) |
| August | To be determined | To be determined |
To be determined |
| August | Hillcrest Center, Thousand Oaks, CA | August 13th. Thursday 7:30pm | Ice Cream Social (replaces regular meeting lecture) |
| September | Acton | To be determined |
agate, small nodules, geodes |
| October | Trona Gem O Rama Searles Lake Gem & Mineral Society |
http://www1.iwvisp.com/tronagemclub/FLYER.htm |
Pink Halite, Hanksite |
| November | Our Club's Annual Silent Auction | Nov. 11th. Thursday 7:30pm | A Variety of cut slabs, crystals, books, gems, spheres, etc.. |
| November | CFMS-Wiley's Well | November Thanksgiving weekend |
Geodes, Nodules, Chalcedony, Petrified Iron Wood, Agate |
| December | Hillcrest Center, Thousand Oaks, CA | December 12-4pm Date to be determined | End of year Christmas party (food, gifts, fun) |
| December | Ant Hill, Bakersfield, CA | December-00th Saturday 10am-3pm | Shark Teeth Fossils |
| December | To be determined | To be determined |
To be determined |
Upcoming Field Trips 2010:
Road Trip-2010 will probably be around early May and heading to Arizona, New Mexico, going to Petrified National Forest, Meteor Crater and collecting a several sites. Turquoise, Crinoids fossils, Petrified wood. I'm still researching this.
The Field Trip e-mail list is working, members have current, new information as I finish it. I get field trip information from other clubs at different times during the month, some with to short of notice for me to put in our bulletin. I will send direct monthly information, maps on club field trips, and updates on weather, other last minute factors that can effect field trips. If you want to sign up, no e-mail addresses will be printed, posted anywhere. Send me your e-mail addresses to mine below. I also updated the field trip information on the Conejo web site www.cgmac.org. The information is current and I'll keep updating as I add field trips. 2010 is here, the last few months the weather keeps changing, both Ant Hill and the CFMS field trip to the Cady Mountains were canceled. This time of year the weather can change so make sure we know you will be going, this applies to all field trips. Quartzsite, Deb and I were there the week of the Pow wow, buying some rocks. There was to be will be 3 field trips, but Thurs and Friday's got rained out, we still collected petrified wood along the hills next to the Colorado river. 7 rockhounds were there and we all went home with some wood. I'm hoping for good weather for Ant Hill in February. I don't want to over do it so we won't be going to Ant Hill for a while after February's . I'd like members to let me know of places they'd like to go to? Were going to go to sites we've been to, but were going to have new sites. I do have several in mind. I've got most of 2010 field trips above, I'll be adding more later. The weather seems to change a lot and it controls our field trips, the dates above are fixed where there is a date the others I'm working it out. There's going to be a field trip for everyone, we'll have some close to home, and out of state trips. Easy and harder field trips requiring chisels, sledges. Something for everyone hopefully. Most of the time I make sure I check out the sites, so when it finally becomes a field trip it can take time. Check out the website for updates. We've been getting good turnouts of rockhounds for our field trips, the upcoming field trips offer a diversity of collecting. With the weather cooler we will be heading out to the desert for collecting. Field trips are fun and you will find some nice specimens and make new friends.I find most people on field trips are friendly and nice willing to share in their knowledge and experiences.
See you there.
Robert Sankovich
VP Field Trips Conejo/Ventura Clubs rmsorca@adelphia.net 805-494-7734
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