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Some 2007 Meeting Photos
Dillon Area

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The 2007 Field Conference at the Birch Creek Center north of Dillon drew participants from Michigan, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Washington, as well as many parts of Montana. A selection of memories from the meeting is given here - more to come!
 
(Left) Treasurer Ted Antonioli enjoys a TRGS moment. (Right) Larry Smith, Rob Thomas, and Sheila Roberts led a glacial trip into the southeast Pioneers. Torrey Peak in left background. Photos by Dick Gibson.
Something must have been point-worthy! Photo by Dick Gibson.
 
(Left) Rob Thomas explains the setting of Kelley Reservoir, our lunch stop. (Right) Larry Johnson shows the geometry of the vertically tilted angular unconformity between Mississippian Lodgepole limestones and Lodgepole-cobble conglomerate in the Beaverhead Formation. Photos by Dick Gibson.
 
(Left) The group marches across a right-lateral tear fault in the middle limestone of the Kootenai at Sandy Hollow.
(Right) Tom Hendrix prepares the group for the Collision Structure; nose of anticline in distance. Photos by Dick Gibson.
Is the Quartzite of Argenta a Neihart equivalent? Paul Link and Jim Sears led a trip to discuss the question. Photo by Mike Stickney.
 
(Left) Don Winston. (Right) Mike Garverich took us to a vermiculite mine in the Ruby Range. Photos by Mike Stickney.
   
(Left) We had a fine barbecue despite stage II fire restrictions, thanks to propane and great cooks!
(Right) Ennis Geraghty and Emily Geraghty Ward share a laugh. Photos by Dick Gibson.
 
(Left) Bob Lankston, Tom Hendrix, and Marian Lankston - two co-founders of the TRGS and a Charter Member.
(Right) Music with Don Winston after the barbecue — a long-standing TRGS tradition. Photos by Dick Gibson.