Saturday May 17th, 2008

 The Palm Beach Club

PEACE RIVER FIELD TRIP FOSSIL HUNT

Meet at the De Soto County Park about 9 AM till?

Click here for: Pinellas County Parks & Recreation:

Fort De Soto Park description

SUPPLY CHECKLIST

1. Bucket(s) – 5-gal and/or 1-gal (bait bucket is GREAT)
2. Colander and/or sifting screen
3. Hat, sunglasses
4. Garden gloves
5. Floating “noodle”
6. Poly rope/D-rings to attach to your belt/apron
7. Shoe laces
8. Beach shoes/dive booties/sneakers
9. Ziplock baggies
10. First aid kit
11. “Home Depot” type carpenter’s apron
12. LONG sleeved shirt
13. Waterproof sunscreen
14. Small shovel/trowel and/or pointed medium-size shovel, 3-tine garden claw
15. Mask & snorkel
16. Toilet paper, paper towels
17. Canoe, Kayak, small raft or blow-up boat if you plan go a ways up or down the river for carrying your equipment and/or finds.
18.  Food and Drinking water!

DIRECTIONS:

• I-95 north to the “Beeline Highway” (Blue Heron exit).
• Go west thru Indiantown to Okeechobee where it dead-ends.
• Make a left to go west on  I-70 past Sebring to Arcadia. About ½ through town, look for I-17.
• Go north about 7 miles to Brownville Rd. then go west about 2 miles.
• The park is on the left with a BIG sign just before a bridge that goes over the Peace River!

There are camp sites, picnic table, bathrooms with showers (it is well water so doesn’t smell great) but no drinking water.

There is a concrete ramp for canoes, etc. and paths to other accesses to the river.

It is still quite low and cool but these next two months are the BEST times!

Call Michelle for other info or directions, etc. at 561/644-2323.

Hope to see you there!