Re: Florida Plant meeting (fwd)

[Neil Frank <nfrank@mindspring.com>]

sounds like a fun trip. not sure I would go (unless someone else from CAPE
invites me for the ride), but I am sure attendees will see much larger
variety of water plants than in the Amazon.
I agree with David... July will not provide the optimum comfort!

  At 08:17 AM 3/5/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>hmm...
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>Erik Olson
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>Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 16:25:16 -0500
>From: Thomas Barr <tcbiii@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: aquatic-plants@actwin.com
>Subject: Florida Plant meeting  
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>I'm mulling a proposal to have a nice plant meeting in Florida the last
>weekend of July 2003. This is geared to providing folks with cheap
>accommodations but fun activities and things to do for spouses, kids beside
>dozing off at a lecture and going "Honey/Dad/Mom, I'm bored".
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>Everyone is welcomed and anyone that comes will never forget it. Many of you
>might be in total shock at first.
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>It's a bit different swimming in a river that will remind you of an enormous
>plant tank. Some folks want to go see planted tanks and there are a few
>here, but I think it's fun to actually put folks in the tank and float down
>a river in an inner tube and talk about the plants and critters you see on a
>lazy hot summer weekend day.
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>Cannot stand water? Well what are you doing with a fish tank?!:-)
>Well, a canoe can be rented not far away.
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>Looking at 3 speakers right now.
>Day one will be a talk Fri evening, plant swap/auction.
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>Day two trip down river full of plants and afternoon BBQ picnic.
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>Day three trip to see another river and stop off at soft water pools and a
>tannic river that "disappears".
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>Many interesting places to eat along the way and locally.
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>About 90 minutes from Orlando and Jacksonville off I-75.
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>Looking for 20-75 folks.
>I know a few folks are planning on coming.
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>I am looking to provide the lecture area, some shuttle vans, some hotel
>motel contacts for lodging, leading the trips to the various locations, BBQ,
>suggesting some good places for vittles.
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>Should be relatively cheap and fun.
>There is a place that sells all sorts of wood and petrified wood nearby also
>for those looking to bag something to take home.
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>Plane fare is cheap or if you live in the SE, USA, you can drive pretty
>easily.
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>You don't have to go to the Amazon, this is a lot easier and cheaper to get
>close to the same experience of being in a tropical jungle full of water
>plants in pristine water.
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>Regards, 
>Tom Barr
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