Re: [GSAS-Member] Picnic Thank You & Snorkeling Adventure

["SUSAN WELENOFSKY" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

Thanks all who came this year! It was a great day and swimming through the
forest of milfoil was great. I found three live "Trapdoor Snails", which
according to an employee at the Fish Store are hard to find. Also there were
Perch, a big round silver fish, that had the body of a Pumpkinseed, but was
much bigger and it scooted off into the plants before I could get a better
look.

The smaller fish were long and silvery, some with black tips on the tailfin.
Others had faint vertical barring. There was a large school by the dock that
was unafraid of me. Some little fish swam up to me. If I only brought some
pellets to feed them like I tried last year at Lake Stevens. It was too
murky there when I went the second time, so it didn't work. But Lake
Washington was very clear, and there were lovely red vals. It almost looked
like there were trails in the milfoil weeds and down below I could see
low-growing green vals. So far I am having success growing one thin-leaved
green grassy plant from Lake Sammamish. I've heard the red vals die, but
we'll see.

I anyone wants to go snorkeling with me before summer ends, I have two extra
masks and a snorkel. I'd like to try Silver Lake next.

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Hess, Clay A
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:49 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: [GSAS-Member] Picnic Thank You

 
 Good Evening,

I wanted to thank all of those that made it to the picnic.  It was great
fun for my family and me.  Thank you especially to Susan for doing a
great job of getting truckloads of stuff to the picnic so that we could
have a picnic.  Susan brought so much stuff we had to haul it in on a
flatbed cart.  Thank you to all the others that brought all the other
foods as well, there were all kinds of great goodies to munch.  Thanks
also to those that took pictures this year....it was great that you
captured the day.....and what a warm day it was too.  Thanks to everyone
who came and shared the beautiful day with all of us.  

Finally, thanks to Woody for the great pics and stories about his
collecting trip to Mexico.  Woody, if you ever find a van with air
conditioning and need an extra person to hold a net....let me know.
That area you went to collect fish in was amazingly beautiful.  Oh, and
thanks for the salmon too, it was delicious.

Clay 




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