Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club

P.O. Box 87

Pearce, AZ 85625


::: Finding and Grinding Rocks in Cochise County Arizona Since 1962 :::

Field Trip Notice for Saturday, August 20, 2005:

Harrison Yocum, an 82-year-old rockhound instructor, plant specialist, and founder of the Tucson Botanical Gardens, gives tours of his half-acre rock and plant collection in downtown Tucson. You may have read about him in the May issue of Arizona Highways. On Saturday, August 20, he will give our club a tour. Everyone who takes the tour get a free geode from the Lazy B ranch, the place where Sandra Day O’Connor grew up.

MEET at the Dragoon Post Office in beautiful downtown Dragoon at 8:45 am Saturday, August 20. We will leave at 9 hoping to arrive at 10 am. The destination is 1628 N. Jefferson Avenue. This is half a block south of Pima and a block east of Craycroft.

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