August Meeting (road trip!)
The August meeting will be a road trip up the hill to Flagstaff, planned for Saturday, August 25th. The main event is a morning tour of the Riordan Museum, at the Riordan Mansion State Historical Park (address below). Following lunch, the group will visit the workshop of local woodworker and Furniture Society member Bob Fain - who welcomes the group, asking only for help loading his canoe on his rig while we’re there so he can leave for a Montana river trip the following morning 
If you’re planning to make the Flagstaff trip, contact Josh Kulmann (kuhlbrz@gmail.com) so he can keep an accurate count. Likewise, if you simply need more information about the trip.
If you’d like to carpool rather than drive yourself, contact Doug Forsha, Dan Allaire, or Josh Kuhlmann. They (among others) have committed to make the trip, and can offer space in their vehicles to a few people (sharing gas costs). Caveat: they will be spending Saturday night at a campground near Flagstaff, and returning Sunday. See camping information below!
If you’re driving anyway,and can offer seats to others, let Josh Kuhlmann know as soon as possible.
The plan is to meet at the Riordan Museum Saturday morning at 9:30, for the first tour of the day (museum hours are 9:30 to 5:00, tours given hourly).
Riordan Museum
409 Riordan Road
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
ph: 928-779-4395
Here’s a map link…
CAMPING INFORMATION (added 8-20-07)
Jeremiah Polynone provided this update regarding Saturday evening camping:
Josh, Doug and Rhonda have agreed to get a campsite next Friday night at a place called Locket Meadow. The Directions are as follows:
To Locket Meadow from downtown Flagstaff:
From Flagstaff City Hall, go East, then North on Hwy 89. At 17.1 miles (just .7 miles past the entrance to Sunset Crater) turn left onto FR (Forest Road) 552. At the 18.3 mile point (1.2 miles further) you will see a sign for Locket Meadow. Go right. This last stretch of road is narrow and winding and all up hill. At the 21.3 mile point (3 miles from the Locket Meadow sign) you are at the entrance to Locket Meadow. Locket Meadow has a day use area and over-night camping area. There are out-houses but no water-supply. Expect temperatures to be about 10 degrees colder than Flagstaff and about 40 degrees colder than Phoenix.
Here’s a link to the official Coconino Nation Forest page for Locket Meadow campground:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/recreation/peaks/lockett-meadow-camp.shtml
Here is a link to some images of the Locket Meadow area posted on some individual’s web site: