[Rockhounds] Cottonwood, Arizona Gem & Mineral Show

[Al Balmer]

On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:27:31 -0500, pmodreski at aol.com wrote:

>Oh, yes, everyone knows about Camp Verde, glauberite crystals and pseudomorphs and all that.? And I should have connected the Verde Valley to Camp Verde.? Now if we have MINERAL STUFF to relate the place to, that helps!? But just "Cottonwood", well, hey, that's just trees.
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>(obviously, it was more fun to just write back, than to go to their website and look up something about the club)
>
It is quite a big club, I think. I've been to the show a couple of
times. I actually own a house in Cottonwood, where we were planning to
retire before my wife started going to chemo and radiation treatments.
It's rented now, but hopefully we'll move there sooner or later, then
we'll join the club.

>Pete
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>From: Al Balmer <albalmer at copper.net>
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>On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:49:19 -0500, pmodreski at aol.com wrote:
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>>Great!
>>
>>But who ever heard of Cottonwood, AZ??? Hmmm, Verde Valley, that's either south 
>or north of Tucson, or somewheres or other.? Cottonwood must not be a really big 
>metropolis (like Bisbee or Tombstone or Patagonia).
>>
>What? Someone who hasn't heard of Cottonwood, at the base of famous
>Mingus Mountain? <G>
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>It's between Phoenix and Flagstaff. Take I17 to Camp Verde, the
>intersection with route 260. Go west on 260 about 15 miles to
>Cottonwood.
>
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>Al Balmer
>Sun City, AZ
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Al Balmer
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