June 7th Geology Tour

Here are the details for those signed up for the June 7th North Rim Geology Tour.
(There are very few slots left on this tour so if your interested and have a high clearance vehicle ... email Greg at greg_kendall@yahoo.com or call 505-412-3843 soon) ... that is Greg's mobile number for those going on the Tour ... you might want to keep it handy for June 7th, just in case.

Those who are already signed up: We are meeting by 8:45 am in Espanola. If you are paying that morning ... arrive at 8:30 am. (Check or Cash - $35/person.)

Map to meeting place in Espanola:
1221 Paseo de Onate (HWY 285) in Espanola. It's near the Northeast corner of HWY 285 and Fairview Lane. The point on the map below is a little off (we are meeting north of this spot).
It's a Conoco/Quik Stop/KFC place.

Basically, if you are headed North on HWY 285 you past the turn that heads East towards the HomeDepot/Walmart stores. Instead you go another 1000 yards or so and turn into the Conoco on the right side of Hwy 285. We will all meet up in the parking lot. Bring cash or a check for the $35 payment per person and Barbara Johnson will collect it.

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Our meeting place is more or less across the street from road designated 565 in the above map. 565 (show on above map) is the road we will take to head up to the mountains. 565 connects with Forest Rd 144. We will stop once for a Geology Talk as we head on up to the North Rim. Near the Rim we will go over some fairly big bumps on our way to our lunch spot. The lunch spot has a fantastic view over a wide area of the Caldera. It's a spot known as "Hunters Point".

After Lunch and another interesting Geology Talk by Kirt Kempter we will continue in our vehicles to the Garita Gate of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. We will unlock the gate and drive down the rim and into the Preserve itself. We will stop for a portapotty break at the bottom and then continue on until we come to an Obsidian mound where Kirt will give us a final talk on the source of the Obsidian and let us look around a bit. (Note: Do not take any objects from the Preserve as it is a federal crime to do so. Photos are fine. Take as many photos as you like in the time we have available at each stop!)

It's a really fun trip and last all day long. We leave the Preserve's front gate at about 4:30pm.

Hopefully, we can arraign transportation so that very few people have to return to Espanola to pick up cars at the Conoco station. I will be working on this this week.

See you June 7th!

Greg Kendall
505-412-3843
greg_kendall@yahoo.com