On Sat. Sept 19th we went up to our Red Top dig site on the SW side of Red Top Mountain near Cle Elum. It was a rainy morning on the west side of the Cascades, but a gorgeous day on the east side.  Thankfully the smoky air had cleaned out and temps were in […]

On Sat. July 18th we went up to the Greenwater area for black agate and opal.  It was a gorgeous day for being in the mountains. 30 of us met in Enumclaw, all wearing masks – a sign of the times (I should have gotten a picture of that). 13 vehicles caravan’ed up to the […]

On Sat. June 13th we went over to the central WA Saddle Mountains near Mattawa.  It was windy, but it was dry with moderate temperatures.  I had previously scheduled a trip to Red Top on this weekend, but that area was closed due to a police hunt and since our April trip to Saddle Mtn. […]

On Sat. May 16th we went over the mountains to First Creek.  The weather was perfect.  Three members plus 6 guests made the 2 mile hike in and dug for the prized agate nodules and geodes and geode fragments here.  We essentially had two groups of 5 and 4 to allow for some spacing.  Wood […]

On Sat. March 21st we went up to Baker Lake and Swift Creek.  We had beautiful weather and the mountains were visible all around us.  This was the weekend before the Gov. declared a “stay at home order” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there were hints that it might be coming.  Anyway, 6 of […]

On Sat. Nov 9th we went up to the Greenwater FR72 area and visited 3 sites.  It was a wet day, but 8 of us made the best of it, finding black agate and opal at the 1st site, green stone (chert?) some with red veins at the 2nd site, and red jasper at the […]

On Sat. Sept 14th we went over Chinook Pass to Little Naches for Thunder Eggs, Lily Pad Jasper and Leaf Fossils. We had 16 folks altogether in 6 vehicles. Weather was great. No rain. Lots of fun. I managed to load up a bucket from the thunder egg site, where we spent 3 hours. Then […]

We had 12 club members on this Gold Panning trip to NAMA’s claim at Peshastin Creek, 4 kids included.  We met in Cle Elum at 9:30 and arrived at the claim about 10:00.  We were given some panning instructions by NAMA members and then went to a section of the stream to try our luck.  […]

We had a gorgeous day for our Greenwater trip. Sunny blue skies and perfect temperatures. 9 folks in 6 vehicles went up and we all made it back. FR70 has about 8 or 9 miles of paved road and then 7 or 8 miles of gravel to get to the opal dig site up near […]