For the past five years we have been spending 3 winter months in Lake Havasu City Arizona. While there, we often travel 90 minutes south to the city of Quartzsite. In the summer Quartzsite has 3430 residents. In the winter, that number swells to over 250,000 mostly due to snowbird RVers. There are several Rick shows in Quartzsite in January and February. One of the biggest is the Desert Gardens Rock, Gem and Mineral Show. Desert Gardens brings over 150 vendors from 15 countries and throughout the US together to sell their products.

This year’s club picnic will be held on September 10, 2022 at the Harlem Road Community Center (4255 Harlem Rd, Snyder, NY), starting at noon and running for a few hours (until people cannot eat any more!). We have reserved the Center’s Pavilion, complete with plenty of tables, a grill and indoor facilities. The club will provide soft drinks, water, Italian sausage, hamburgers and hot dogs. Please bring a dish to share, your own table service (cups, plates, silverware, etc.), and any rocks and/or stories that you would like to share! Restrooms are in the building, but the building closes at 4 PM Visitors are welcome, just bring a dish to pass. Enjoy a good time, good food and good friends.

In these incredibly difficult and trying times I do what I have always done best in my attempts to de- stress. I go out and commune with nature in the best way that I know how. I hike. I explore. I observe. I take in as much as I can.

Today I went to the Lockport Nature Trail just North of the city of Lockport on the South side of Slayton Settlement Road just below the Niagara Escarpment. It is a very easily accessible place with ample parking near the road and a network of very well maintained trails.