SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

2008 FOP TRIP—Rocky Mountain Cell

Sept. 6-8, 2008

Quaternary Happenings in the Overthrust Belt, Western Wyoming

Wineglass Canyon of the Salt River Range, WY

Leaders:

Jim McCalpin, GEO-HAZ Consulting, Crestone, CO www.geohaz.com

Greg Warren, CH2M Hill, Boise, ID

Al Jones, consulting geologist, Smiley Creek, ID

John B. Rice, Jr, Rocky Mountain Environmental Associates, Idaho Fall, ID

WHEN: Sept. 6-8, 2008 (Sat. 8 am to Mon., noonish)

WHERE: Star Valley/ Salt River Range, WY; Greys River Valley/ Wyoming Range, WY

satellite map showing ROUTE

WHERE TO MEET: the trip officially begins at 8 am Saturday morning, Sept. 6, at the Allred Flat Campground (USFS, Bridger-Teton National Forest). The campground is about 20 miles south of Afton, WY on US Highway 89. You may find it convenient to arrive at the Campground on Friday night and camp there. See map below, or go to:

http://www.recreation.gov/camping/Allred_Flats_Group_Picnic_Site_Wy/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&parkId=75402&topTabIndex=CampingSpot

The Allred Flat Campground is in the upper left part of the map.

THE OVERALL ROUTE: the trip is a ca. 150-mile loop, starting on Saturday morning (Sept. 6) just south of Star Valley, WY, going north to Alpine WY through Star Valley, and then at Alpine turning east then south, and driving up the Greys River Valley (Sept. 7), eventually returning (Sept. 8) very near to the starting point.

Because of this layout, it will be possible for attendees to carpool on the trip if they don’t want to drive alone. That is, you can leave your car near the start of the trip and hop in with someone else, and be returned to your car at the end of the trip. Carpooling is appealing for 2 big reasons: (1) it would reduce the total number of cars in the caravan, and space is tight at many of our stops, and (2) you could spare the old family minivan from being subjected to the bone-jarring, tire-eating Greys River Road……………………

Suggestions: You don’t need 4WD for the trip, but you do need good tires for the Greys River Road. Don’t forget your spare (filled with air), jack, jack handle, and lug wrench. Speaking from experience, this is not a place to learn the difference between a passenger tire and a light truck tire.

Accommodations: tent camping all 3 nights at USFS campgrounds. All have water (dunno if I’d drink it, though) and pit toilets. No electricity.

Friday night (before start of Trip); Allred Flats CG, WY, Bridger-Teton NF (20 mi S of Afton on US 89)

There are also several motels in Afton, for those that might want to get a good night’s sleep. If you stay in Afton Friday night, then drive down to Allred CG for the start of the trip at 8 am Saturday morning.

Saturday night; Alpine North CG, ID, Caribou NF (2 mi NW on Alpine, WY on US 26)

There are several motels in Alpine and Alpine Junction. The Nordic Inn ($$$) has Internet. http://www.brenthoven.com/nordicinn.html

The Three Rivers Motel ($) does not. http://www.3riversmotel.com/

Sunday night; Forest Park CG, WY (mile 32, Greys River Road). Uhhhh, sorry. No motels in the Greys River Valley.

Communications: Cell Phones; should work most of Day 1 (Sat.), since we will be in Star Valley. No cell reception in the Greys River Valley (Days 2 and 3).

Internet: None at Allred Flat (Friday night) or at Forest Park (Sunday night). On Saturday night we’ll be staying only 2 miles NW of Alpine, WY, and you might be able to cruise “downtown” Alpine and pick up a stray WiFi signal. We had luck parking in front of the Nordic Inn (0.5 mi E of Alpine Junction on US 89, N side of road).

COST: Bring some cash or your checkbook, to pay for camping and if you want a hard copy of the Guidebook. I’ve already paid for the Group Campsite on Saturday night, but you need to pay for your own campsites on Friday night (if you stay at Allred Flats CG) and on Sunday night (Forest Park CG). USFS charges $10/campsite, but they don’t really say how many tents can cram onto a site, so I’ll leave that up to you guys.

GUIDEBOOK: To help keep costs down, I will be posting the ca. 50-page-long Guidebook as a PDF file on the GEO-HAZ website. I suggest that you download it and print it at your institution, before coming on the Trip. That way, (1) you have some reading material on the drive to Star valley, and (2) I don’t have to guess how many hard-copy ($$$) Guidebooks to print. The Guidebook is full of color Google Earth graphics and would cost a fortune to print, so I will be only bringing a limited number of hard copies with me. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CANNOT PRINT YOUR OWN COPY, AND YOU WANT ME TO PRINT YOU ONE.

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2ND ANNUAL RM-FOP HOMEBREW NON-COMPETITION

For questions, contact:

James P. McCalpin

GEO-HAZ Consulting, Inc.

P.O. Box 837

600 East Galena Ave.

Crestone, CO 81131 USA

phone 719-256-5227

mobile 719-588-4279

Fax 719-256-5228

www.geohaz.com