{"id":1348,"date":"2025-09-30T04:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2025-09-30T04:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:57:50","slug":"baker-blues-field-trip-saturday-10-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"Baker Blues Field Trip Saturday 10\/04"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, October 4th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BEGINNER-FRIENDLY &#8211; all vehicle friendly, families welcome &#8211; adult must sign waiver<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swift Creek @ Baker Lake &#8211; Swift Creek Campground<br>Coming from Whatcom County: Meet at REI @ 9 am to carpool<br>Coming from the South: Meet at Cook Rd. Park &amp; Ride, exit 232 @ 9:30 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Open to dues-paid members of the Mount Baker Rock &amp; Gem Club only, a waiver must be signed to participate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will convoy east on State Rte 20E to Concrete, WA and venture up Baker Lake Road, then park in the gravel lot after the bridge just past the Swift Creek Campground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For folks leaving from Bellingham, expect about 80 minutes of drive time to get to our destination. Those joining at Cook Rd. will drive ~ 60 minutes. Park restrooms will be closed for the season, so bring your own TP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Terrain is a flat dirt road, with trail access through the campground, and then a small hill to get down to the creek. For those who don&#8217;t want to walk as far, there are agates to be found just under the bridge, but gators or waders are recommended for the best hunting! Expect to walk up to .5 miles to the search site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arrival ETA: 10:40 am<br>Departure: ~3 pm for about 3.5 hours of agate hunting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What to bring: Bucket or pail, snacks, water, waders, clothing layers &#8211; the water will be COLD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This field trip will be happening rain or shine, so please plan accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact person: Trevor Duncan (check your email for contact info, and please do not share.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, October 4th BEGINNER-FRIENDLY &#8211; all vehicle friendly, families welcome &#8211; adult must sign waiver Swift Creek @ Baker Lake &#8211; Swift Creek CampgroundComing from Whatcom County: Meet at REI @ 9 am to carpoolComing from the South: Meet at Cook Rd. Park &amp; Ride, exit 232 @ 9:30 AM Open to dues-paid members of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?p=1348\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Baker Blues Field Trip Saturday 10\/04&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,20],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-announcement","tag-field-trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1349,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions\/1349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}