Dobell Ranch – Coconino Lapidary Club

St. Patty’s Day Field Trip to Dobell Ranch

Martin Dougherty — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:12:47 +0000

We had thirteen club members drive out to Dobell Ranch to collect petrified wood. Everyone was in high spirits, and the weather was cooperative, providing us with a gorgeous day. We had so much fun both Linda & I forgot to take photos. Here’s a link to the Dobell Ranch website’s photo gallery: https://azpetrifiedwood.com/gallery

Noah Dobell was incredibly helpful and generously donated a bucket of petrified wood and a bunch of dinosaur bones for us to use in our Kids Zone at our show in June.

Dec 2018 Trip to Dobell Ranch

Martin Dougherty — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:21:46 +0000

Our December 8th field trip to Dobell Ranch began with a chilly morning meet at Silver Saddle Rd. A scant, lucky, seven members ready to scout the open pits and grounds strewn with multi-colored Arizona Petrified Wood.

Our host, Rhonda Dobell and grandchildren, helped by pointing out some of the better material. It was as if we were shopping in a candy store with so many potential specimens to choose from, you ended up having to be very selective as to what you were bringing home. I think we all found what we wanted and then some. We all would like to have the tree trunks decorating our yards, but decided to be reasonable!

Lunch was prepared for all of us and we had fun with the younger grandkids. Then, when everyone was leaving, there were hugs for all around from the kids.

A very successful field trip that I’m sure we will make a repeat visit to, early next year.

Martin & Linda Dougherty

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St. Patty’s Day Field Trip to Dobell Ranch

Martin Dougherty — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:27:20 +0000

Noah Dobell was incredibly helpful and generously donated a bucket of petrified wood and a bunch of dinosaur bones for us to use in our Kids Zone at our show in June.