Geode Beds & Topaz Mtn Field Trip Instructions
- Eat breakfast before you leave or on the road.
- Jessee’s will meet up with our trip guide/expert Jerry Keimer in Elk Ridge at 6am on Oct 9th to head out together to site #2 Dugway Geode Beds as indicated on the google map below.
- We’ll be traveling the 2 hr 37 min 105 miles Santaquin-Goshen–Pony Express Road route since it’s the same time but less miles compared to the Nephi route.
- We’ll stay at the site #2 geode beds until 1pm
- Jerry to provide instructions finding geodes.
- Eat lunch before or on the road when driving to Topaz Mtn
- Drive 1 hr from Geode beds to Topaz Mtn for the rest of the day till 6pm
- Rendezvous at the toilet station at Topaz Mtn about 2pm
- Car pool where needed from toilet station into Topaz cove for rockhounding
- Jerry and Trent will provide instructions on finding/screening for Topaz
- About 6pm head home 111 miles 2 hrs 7 mins through Nephi route.
- Bring your own lunches and dinner unless you plan on leaving early to pick up dinner on the way home if desired.
- Arrive home Elk Ridge about 8 to 8:30pm
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What to bring:
- Food-snacks you desire
- Plenty of WATER and drinking bottles-cups! Better to have more than enough instead of just the bare minimum.
- Toilet paper/wipes – there are toilets at Topaz Mtn but NOT at the Geode beds!
- Proper clothing – long sleeve shirt and pants to protect skin from the rock and sun.
- Sun hat and glasses if preferred.
- Gloves
- Camp chairs
- Charging bank for devices if desired
————————- - Heavy duty bucket
- Larger size screwdriver
- Small trowel
- Small shovel
- Small rock hammer is helpful
- A screen or Spaghetti noodle strainer for Topaz Mtn if you want to screen for topaz. Optional is to look for topaz on the ground.
- Small bag or container to store your topaz in.
Maps
The 2 hr 37 min drive at 6am to Geode Beds 105 miles
From Elk Ridge to Dugway Geodes #2
Google Map Link Here
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The 1 hr drive from #2 Geode Beds to Topaz Mtn at 1pm – 24.8 Miles
Google Map Link Here
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The 2hr 7 min drive home from Topaz Mtn to Elk Ridge 111 miles at about 6pm – Lynndyl–Nephi
Google Map Link Here
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Know:
Read the book “The Bronze Bow” by Elizabeth George Speare
Understand:
- Ponder on and be prepared to discuss the following:
- What lesson from The Bronze Bow do you think is the hardest for people to live out today?
- If you could sit with Daniel after the story ends, what question would you ask him?
- How can Daniel’s story encourage us to handle conflict, anger, or injustice in our own lives?
