Petrified Pups

Hi everyone, Our tailgate starts Friday and goes to Sunday. Please bring your baked goods, deserts, to the club by 8 am Wednesday. or bring out to tailgate , we need helping hands at 8 am on Wednesday to load up and haul and then again on Sunday afternoon to take down and pack up , haul to club. Please do your best to lend a hand, time and or a truck. Anyone that can help out in food tent or silent auction please let us know or just show up. It will be greatly appreciated.... Don't forget to visit all the vendors and let then know we appreciate their participation and hope they have a great weekend. Have fun, shop, and see you there. Sandy Skidmore

The VVGMC will be closed for shop time, August 26, at noon until Sept. 6. and will open at 12:00 noon on Sept. 6, August 26 at 9 am is clean up, and we will begin inventory and cleaning out cabinets at that time, Please pick a day you can be there to help and let us know so someone will be there to work with you. We will be gathering things for the grab bags for Tailgate and putting the pups things together,... Lia and Lynn will be cataloging the magazines and books that were donated and could probably use some help, let them know if you can. Ruben will be working on saws, so if you can lend a hand, call him. And a huge thank-you to Dale Lorz for working on the rocks. See you there, please call to set time.

Save the date! We're doing this for our Fourth Year! Location: Victor Valley Gem and Mineral Club in Victorville Date: Saturday June 24 Time: 12-4pm Admission: free!

The Pups are meeting January 7th at 9 a.m. The VVGMC instructor and board meeting date has changed to January 10th.

Petrified pups have new instructor. Gabby Martinez. She is having meet and greet on Sat Nov 12. At 9am. Bring your sponsors and yourself to say hi and plan your fun .

Here we go Rockhounds- the planning process for the Mojave Trails National Monument (MTNM) is about to being. All the collecting areas within the Cady Mountains, most of the Lavic collecting areas and all the spots along the 66 are now within the MTNM. If Rockhounds have any chance at all of being able to continue to collect in the newly proclaimed Mojave Trails National Monument (MTNM), we are going to have to PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN PROCESS. T...he Management Plan for this Monument will be done under a new Planning Process called Planning 2.0. As part of that process, the BLM is hosting "Envisioning Sessions". This is your chance to let them know Rockhounds envision being able to continue collecting rocks as we have done for over 70 years on the lands now within the monument; that we envision the roads we use to get to our known collecting areas to remain open in the Travel Management Plan; that we envision a net zero loss of trails to access the collecting areas we use, so we always have a way to access our collecting areas; that we envision staging areas for club outings and anything else that would enhance your recreational experience in the MTNM. Participating is not hard or complicated. Just show up and speak up. This is a scoping session and it would be great if Recreational Rockhounding was at the top of the list of the input they receive. See more

We are still looking for a Pups Master.

There will be no meeting this saturday. As of now, it is uncertain as to when the next meeting will be.

Just a friendly reminder that there is no pups this coming up weekend due to the Gem show. We will be meeting the following Saturday (Nov 28th). Our new instructor Marc has an exciting lesson planned. For those of you that haven't been in a while, please join us and see all the amazing things he has planned for our kids.

We will be working on our Fossils badge. Our lesson plan starts with a trip down the geologic time scale. Your new Pups leader is Marc Smith. Marc is a professional science educator with a passion for Astronomy and Planetary Science. We will be meeting every Saturday, at the club house, from 9am to 11:30am. If you would like your child to participate in our badge earning program, now is the time. We plan on having the best time ever! Questions can be directed to Marc Smith, (760)485-9800