VIPS Field Trips and Events
To the members of the VIPS:
The VIPS plans to have a field trip each month. We also have a VIPS meeting on the second Wednesday of each month. All are welcome.
Most field trips leave from VIPS’s President Dan Bowen’s place. Please call or text Dan at 1-250-897-5026 to confirm, and/or meet at 2120 Stewart Ave., Courtenay, BC. I will update the events periodically based on weather or conflicts.
For all VIPS presentations zoom link directly from www.fossiltalksandfieldtrips.com
July 24-29 Yellow Bluff Bay field trip
Drive to Tahsis and stay overnight there to catch the boat next day at 7:00 am. Boat trip from Tahsis travel north of Nootka Island then into Esparanza Inlet to YBB. We will base camp there then hike one hour to Tatchu Point and Sandstone Point. For the more energetic members we will go to…
August 3 Sunday VIPS annual Saber-tooth salmon BBQ
At Dan’s. 2120 Stewart. Bring friend(s), food, beverage, lawn chair(s) and auction item(s). Socialize 4:00-5:30 pm, dinner 5:30 -6:30 pm, silent auction 6:30-7:30 pm. Music by Jay.
August 22-25, Friday to Tuesday BCPA-VIPS Paleontological Symposium
Friday: meet ‘n greet. Saturday: Presentations. Sunday: Presentations, fossil prep workshop and field trip. Monday: Field trip to Hornby Island. All welcome. See details here.
Moulding / Fossil Casting Workshop Photos




