We checked in at the Oak Tree Inn, in Yermo, and two parties camped at the Whittier Club's claim which is near the Inn.

Six members drove to the Calico Early Man Site. This area is said to have been occupied by early man about 17 million years ago. They saw stone tool artifacts and the areas where archaeolgists are still digging today. After leaving the Site, they traveled to another area and collected rocks.

We had dinner at Penny's Diner with apple pie for desert. After dinner, we went to our room, chatted, and surfed the Web using the Inn's wireless connection.

We had breakfast at Penny's Diner. After breakfast, Jay Valle led us to the Whitter Club's claim.

Our first stop was at the Red Moss Agate location. We were there for about 2 hours.

We are off to "Bill &. Izzie Burns Site". Where we collected Palm Wood, Agate, and Jasper.

After lunch, Joe Goetz led us to 2 locations where we looked for Palm Wood.

We had our pot luck at a 50's restaurant called "Peggy Sue's. There, we had a nice enjoyable dinner and listened to 50/60's music while we all "stuffed ourselves" with terrific food. The evening ended with a warm campfire tended by Jay Valle at the Whittier Honey Onyx Mine campsite.

We had breakfast at Penny's Diner. After breakfast, Dave Kelty lead us to an area near the Calico Early Man Site. This was a terrific location with desert Roses, Palm Wood, Agate, and Jasper.

We are off to the Marble location when the front wheel drive car got stuck in the sand.

We ran into a little difficulty with the road we were on ... it turned out to be impassable. Dave Kelty and Jay Valle did a terrific job in getting us all turned around and rerouted to the Marble location. At this location sever people found tiny Garnets on the surface of the Marble.

We went back to the Inn to freshen up for our final dinner at Peggy Sue's. The top floors of the Inn were occupied by Rail Road workers.