An informal gathering of GSOC members and guests will be attending this year's annual Fossil Fest event at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon. Interested parties should make their own arrangements for overnight lodging on Saturday if they desire to stay for the entire weekend. The Fossil Fest event (not yet listed on the Hatfield Center's website) will take place only on Saturday, from 9 am until about 4 pm. Bring your fossils in to have them identified. Bill Orr and Ellen Morris Bishop are the scheduled speakers.

GSOC will have a table there with information for prospective members. Stop by and introduce yourself to the members at the table if you would like to join us for other activities. In the past, we have gone out for lunch together on Saturday, then arranged to meet at one of the local restaurants for dinner early. An after dinner social may be arranged. On Sunday, we often walk on the beach to look for fossils in situ, along with members of the Northwest Research Group (NARG). A few suggestions for lodging include the popular, but more spendy Moolack Shores Motel north of Newport on Hwy 101, the more reasonably priced and centrally located Econolodge Motel, and pet-friendly Shilo Inn.

Because this is not a formal field trip, there is no charge and no registration is necessary. GSOC takes no responsibility for participants.

GSOC President Larry Purchase is arranging the President's Field Trip for mid-June in Eastern Oregon. This will be a camping trip, as motels are over an hour's drive away. We hope to camp at Delintment Lake in the Ochoco Mountains. We will visit the oldest rocks in Oregon near the town of Suplee, and also have an opportunity to dig for ammonite fossils at a private ranch. Watch this space for more details on schedule and cost as they become available.

NOTE: You must be a GSOC member or guest of a member to attend GSOC field trips. You may join GSOC at any time, for $25.

GSOC member Clay Kelleher is arranging a one day trip to Bull Run Watershed in July. This restricted area provides the water supply for Portland, Oregon. See the Field Trip Revues for photos and text about the last GSOC trip to Bull Run, which was very popular and well-attended. Space will be limited, so watch for details.

NOTE: You must be a GSOC member or guest of a member to attend GSOC field trips. You may join GSOC at any time, for $25.

GSOC members Dave Olcott and Larry Purchase are arranging another great overnight trip to the Columbia River Gorge in August. We hope to revisit Phillipi Canyon, and camp along the Columbia overnight. Watch for details to come.

NOTE: You must be a GSOC member or guest of a member to attend GSOC field trips. You may join GSOC at any time, for $25.

GSOC member and popular field trip leader Ken Cameron will lead a one day hike to Ramona Falls on Mt. Hood, with geological interpretation along the way. Watch for details...

NOTE: You must be a GSOC member or guest of a member to attend GSOC field trips. You may join GSOC at any time, for $25.