10th Annual Autumn Cayucos Gem & Mineral Show - Day One

Today was the set-up day for the annual Autumn Cayucos Gem & Mineral Show hosted by the San Luis Obispo Gem & Mineral Club. I showed up and spent the day wearing two hats: my SLOGMC show publicity chair hat and my helping-my-friend-Dave-set-up-his-booth hat. Dave remunerated my efforts with a killer lunch at Hoppe's Bistro & Wine Bar in downtown Cayucos wherein I ate my first quail. Below are some images I captured over the course of the day.

The show set-up process

The dolphin sculpture outside our door

The the show venue - Cuyucos Vet's Hall

View from the base of the pier looking up Cuyucos Drive

Estero Bay was gorgeous today and the beach at Cuyucos empty

Cayucos Pier

Kirk Brock and Mike Lyons chatting at Mike's booth

Janice Robertson and Scary Gary From Tulare

Druzy quartz pockets in a recently-found large piece of local petrified whale bone

The show taking shape

Sunset at Cayucos earlier this evening

Cayucos Pier at sunset this evening

All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved)

Catch the Day Two Action.

Catch the Day Three Action.

Templeton Rockhounding Tomorrow Follow-Up

Today I visited the recently disked field adjacent to and north of the Templeton CHP office.
I went with "JJ" Jeffrey James and although his health limited how long we could be there to just about an hour or less we did find some petrified whalebone as well as some agatey biconoid fragments.

Close-up of a vertebra that was split in half lengthwise.

All three of the pieces I found today.

I only did a fraction of the hunting that I'd like to do and plan to go back as soon as I can before the grain starting to sprout in the field becomes an issue; anybody want to join me?

Kimmer

Templeton Rockhounding Tomorrow

Jeffrey James and I will be rockhounding for petrified whale bone and biconoids near the CHP office in Templeton tomorrow so I will report back by the end of the day with how it went and perhaps have some pics to share with you all, too.

Kimmer