Meet at the Taco Bell at the above address.
FIELD TRIP GENERAL LOCATION
Forest Road 195 is located in the Tonto National Forest, about 12 miles north-east of Payson.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITE
• At the site there is a 90 year old Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) camp.
• There are also several forest roads next to the old camp that we have never explored in the past.
MEETING LOCATION and TIME
• The meeting location in Payson is located at the intersection of Highway 87 and Highway 260.
• We will meet at 9:00 a.m. in the parking lot next to Taco Bell.
• The street address for Taco Bell is 110 Highway 260.
UNLIMITED PARTICIPATION
We only need a small exploratory group, but there is no limit to the number of people who can go.
WHAT COULD BE COLLECTED
• Because this is an exploratory trip we have no idea what we will find.
• In the same general area in the past we have found quartz crystals, geodes, agate, chert, flint, and fossils.
• At the old CCC camp there is a possibility of finding old coins and antiques.
VEHICLE INFORMATION
• Any vehicle will make it to the meeting location, and all vehicles will easily make it to within a mile of the field trip site.
• The last mile, and some of the unexplored forest roads, will require higher profile vehicles.
• THE RECOMMENDED VEHICLES FOR THIS EXPLORATORY TRIP ARE JEEPS, SIDE-BY-SIDES, QUADS, OR OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES.
COMMUNICATION DURING THE FIELD TRIP
• During the field trip there is a good chance we will be separated into 3 smaller groups.
• We recommend you take a small hand-held short-range radio so that we can keep in touch with each other.
• Plan on using channel 15.
RECOMMENDED THINGS TO TAKE
Club badge, basic rock collecting tools, buckets, communication radio, trash grabber, shovel, metal detector (if you have one), water, lunch.
FIELD TRIP FEES
There are no fees for exploratory field trips.
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