Board Meetings:
On the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 pm.
The next meetings are April 7, May 5, June 2, and July 7.
General Meeting:
Last Wednesday of every month (except July and August) at 7:00 pm.
Wednesday, March 31, at 7 pm.
Jaimee Livingood on Casual Use Mining in the Mojave and Bob Hilburn on the Alf Blacksmith Shop and Museum.
Archaeology 50:
Archaeology of the Soda Springs Area: Barstow College , Field trip to Zzyzx, dig for turquoise at ancient mines, sleep at a ghost town, see rock art. Native American agave roasting pit, lava tube and more. One unit credit for about $26;
orientation Friday evening at the museum, March 19, class overnight Saturday and Sunday March 27-28. Call Cliff Walker for more Information or Barstow College to register at 760-252-2411.
Family Legacy Workshop:
Saturday, March 20, from 3 to 5 pm, the Barstow Library will present author Linda Weaver Clarke with this workshop. There is no charge and everyone is welcome.
Annual Desert Symposium:
April 23 thru 26, 2010, at Zzyzx." 18 Million Years of Lakes and Wetlands," focusing on lakes and rivers of the ancient Mojave Desert.
44th Annual Museum BBO and Open House:
Saturday, May 15. For 43 years between 60 and 90 people have been working each year at our Annual Museum BBQ. This year we will have speakers on the glory days of desert mining, local war heroes who paid the ultimate price for protecting our country, and the Grand Opening of our new old log cabin blacksmith shop with a blacksmith working and demonstrating, even offering to make a few tools for the public.
If you would like to be a part of the Volunteer BBQ Crew, call 760-256-5452 and sign up. We could use your help and you will probably enjoy it.
Desert Explorers All trips require a 4-wheel drive vehicle and a working CB.
For more information on the Desert Explorers or any of their trips, call them at
909-887-1549 or go to www.desertexplorers.org. To go on any of these trips you must be a member of the Mojave River Valley Museum.
For the monthly Desert Explorer newsletter (which lists all of the field trips)
send a check for $20 to:
Marilyn Martin, Desert Explorers
PO Box 291759
Phelan, California 92329.
Planned Trips
Rendezvous 2010:
March 19 through 21 at Death Valley Junction. We will be visiting Kingston Wash and the Kingston Mountains on the 19th, China Ranch Date Farm, Echo Canyon, Schwab Ghost Town, Deadman Pass, and Gold Valley on the 20th. On the 21st we will be at Ash Meadows, Devil's Hole, and Shoshone. Regis¬tration forms are at the museum
Cal-Nev Trip:
March 26 thru 28. Leaders the Jaussauds, joeso@lonepinetv.com
Grass Valley Wilderness:
On April 10 we will meet at Kramer Junction for this one day trip, leaders Bob Dodds, forthebirds_99@yahoo.com
Skull Valley, Prescott and Kirkland:
June 12 & 13. Leaders Messersmith and Taylor. RSVP at dickandmouse@aol.com
Arizona Strip, Northwest Side:
September 4 thru 11. Leaders Messersmith and Taylor. RSVP at dmess@ctaz.com
When you join the Mojave River Valley Museum you also belong to the Desert Explorers. You too can enjoy our unique deserts and a bit of the world—like Tibet, Australia, Thailand. Oceans don't stop this group of adventurers.
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