inflight22
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Post by inflight22 on Mar 1, 2006 17:38:42 GMT -5
Hi,
I live fairly close to the Green River Gorge in Enumclaw, and would like to drive out there someday soon. Anyone in WA area know if there's anything good out there?
Jolene
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thehawke
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Post by thehawke on Mar 2, 2006 6:55:38 GMT -5
ummm i think one of my books mentioned enumclaw. I'll get back to you when I regain consciousness. I am coming down with something and lucky to sleep more than 2 hours at a stretch, it seems.
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Post by xenaswolf on Mar 2, 2006 12:56:41 GMT -5
Well since Gary Ridgeway is in jail, I know one thing that ISN"T out there.....let me see what I can find and I'll send you a link if I do.
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inflight22
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Post by inflight22 on Mar 2, 2006 13:18:54 GMT -5
Xena, you are so funny!!!
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thehawke
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Post by thehawke on Mar 2, 2006 17:51:36 GMT -5
Well not necessarily. They aren't sure they found all his victims....
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Post by xenaswolf on Mar 2, 2006 21:15:37 GMT -5
LOL I meant HIM not his victims...  Course that is out there in banjo music land and the scarey mountain folk, so no telling what IS out there... |
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inflight22
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Post by inflight22 on Mar 2, 2006 22:26:23 GMT -5
I drove out that way this afternoon. I couldn't find any public access to the river, but some of the places out there look pretty spooky...
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Post by turnedstone on Mar 2, 2006 22:41:18 GMT -5
I just found this post. Too late now for me too look it up now. I have rock show this weekend will try to look it up and post it in the next day or so.
George
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inflight22
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Post by inflight22 on Mar 3, 2006 0:23:34 GMT -5
If you're talking about looking in "Gems and MInerals of Washington," I just got it from the library today. I haven't found anything in it yet about this area. I do know that there are some old mining areas around, and thought there might be something interesting.
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Post by inflight22 on Mar 3, 2006 1:52:27 GMT -5
I just found reference to the gorge in the book. That area around Black Diamond is known to have Realgar, but I don't even know if it's desirable to me. I just want stuff to tumble or to trade for tumbling material.
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 3, 2006 2:08:26 GMT -5
inflight a long time ago i got a piece of snake river agate and the stuff it very cool lookin i still havet sliced it up yet but one of these days ill get to it its a nice big chunk maybe like 7 or 8 lb if your near that place you shold go and look around cause im sure you could do some trading with that stuff its pretty when i get to kims ill take a pic so you can see what it looks like
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 3, 2006 2:11:44 GMT -5
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 3, 2006 2:14:45 GMT -5
whoopsss i thouth this stuff was in WA. but it says --- Homedale area in Southwestern Idaho and yes i flunked geograpy and spellin hahaha
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Post by spacemanspliff on Mar 3, 2006 4:28:55 GMT -5
There's good snowboarding up there near Enumclaw, Crystal Mountain is the best in the area! LOL I'm sure there is some Petrified Wood up there. There are the rivers to check out, you can get to the river in Greenwater, I think there's a place to hike all the way down at Mud Mountain Dam too. Those river beds are all rock of all sizes. Might be a good idea to wait till the waters recede though because that water is cold enough to give you hypothermia in a minute or so, it's all glacial melt.
Peace, SSSSpaceman SSSpliff
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Post by inflight22 on Mar 3, 2006 15:17:38 GMT -5
You wouldn't believe how close Mud Mt. Dam is to me! I just have to hit this windy back road from here and I'm there!
When I was driving around the gorge area yesterday, as well as Black Diamond, there are a lot of old gravel roads, but all are well posted with no trespassing signs.
According to "Gems and Minerals of Washington," Realgar can be found across the river from the Green River Gorge Park. I could not find any access to get down to the river from there. I have heard of a swimming hole that locals use, but need to ask around to find it. Everything out here is posted with a lot of No Trespassing signs.
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Post by greenmann on Mar 5, 2006 1:27:49 GMT -5
Flaming Geyser State Park has a trail that I think goes down to the water.. been a long time since I have been down there. On up the way toward Rainier though, there are lots of places to pull over and get to the river from the freeway, some official pull outs some not. One of the field trips coming up for the local rock clubs (those associated with the state one) is to Greenwater, they were showing some spectacular multicolored jaspers. When i found out where that is, I'll let you know  Maybe we can make it one of our field trips this summer... In the summer, you can hike all over Chrystal Mountain, though from what I hear they decided to discontinue running the chair lift in summer so you have to hike up as well as down now. Last time we were up there we did actually find a few chrystals, though I hear its a particular valley where the mountain gets its name from on the other side from the ski resort. Wonderful blueberry picking on some of the ski runs though |
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Post by inflight22 on Mar 5, 2006 11:55:31 GMT -5
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Post by thehawke on Mar 5, 2006 15:18:37 GMT -5
Greenwater is just about 30 minutes from my place, and I have been forming the idea of hosting a club trip there this summer. I could even scout ahead to make sure we know where we're going, etc. Then we could BBQ at my place here on the hill above Enumclaw. Jolene I suppose we should leave the horse jokes at home... |
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Post by inflight22 on Mar 5, 2006 15:42:23 GMT -5
SHHH!!! The neighbors' horses haven't been told and shouldn't overhear anything!
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Post by greenmann on Mar 7, 2006 19:18:37 GMT -5
Yeah thats the area the trip is scheduled for... I think  That trip is in August though, so if you find it before then, let me know I head down to Enumclaw a couple times a year, since one of my suppliers is down there. If i know of a good place to find some rock, I might just have to make a longer day of it and go exploring |
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Course that is out there in banjo music land and the scarey mountain folk, so no telling what IS out there...
Maybe we can make it one of our field trips this summer... In the summer, you can hike all over Chrystal Mountain, though from what I hear they decided to discontinue running the chair lift in summer so you have to hike up as well as down now. Last time we were up there we did actually find a few chrystals, though I hear its a particular valley where the mountain gets its name from on the other side from the ski resort. Wonderful blueberry picking on some of the ski runs though 
That trip is in August though, so if you find it before then, let me know 
