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FIELD TRIP FOR SEPTEMBER  |
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DMC Program of the SFMS Field Trip
Committee
An Official Field Trip of the Mississippi Gem and Mineral Society (Jackson, MS.) HOST 8:30 AM EST
Saturday, September 9, 2006 Bayou Pierre River near Utica, Mississippi The trip will be to the Bayou
Pierre River near Utica, MS. You will find beautiful agates, some petrified
wood, jasper and chert fossils. At one time, palm wood was plentiful at this
site, and some is still found by a few people on almost every trip. We will
provide a picnic lunch at the site! One of our members has a summer place on
this river, and this will be where we park and have the picnic. We will also
have an assortment of beautiful slabs and other lapidary material we are selling
to raise money for our new building.
Directions: We will meet at 8:00 a.m. at Hubbard's Truck Stop on Highway slightly south of Utica. You can take Highway 18 from I20 in Jackson, going toward Raymond. You will pass the turnoff for Raymond, and the turnoff for Utica, shortly thereafter, you will see Hubbard Truck stop on your left, at the intersection of Hwy 18 and MS 27. There is a nice restaurant at the truck stop for those who would like to eat breakfast. Other Essentials: We will provide a picnic lunch at the site, but bring plenty to drink and snacks for the gravel bars. You can use a beaver stick, and you will need sturdy shoes you can wade in, and bags or buckets you can put your rocks in. Bring sunscreen and dress according to weather reports; just remember it will probably heat up as the morning progresses. Accommodations: I would suggest a motel in Clinton, MS, which is very near the exit for Hwy 18. West Jackson is a high crime area, so be leery of motels in that area. "Field trips are open to all members of associated clubs of
the DMC program of the SFMS Field Trip Committee and to all members of SFMS
member clubs who have provided their membership with SFMS liability insurance.
Because of insurance requirements, members of the GENERAL PUBLIC are NOT invited
on this or any DMC program field trips!"
DMC Program /
SFMS Field Trip committee's purpose:
To collect field trip information from it's member societies; schedule and coordinate field trip dates; disseminate field trip information to all member clubs so that each member society may publish this information as one of their "official" scheduled field trips. |