Florida or bust!

Post by **krisw** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:22 pm

Rodney, I might be interested in this. One question, I'm not that familiar with driving through DC. How hard is it to find your place? 95, 295, and 29 are equally accessible to me from my home.

rodcon00 · Post by **rodcon00** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:20 pm

Could everyone e-mail their cell phone numbers to me at rodcon00@yahoo.com or use the pm from the forum? That way I can program them in for the trip and make it easy to contact the Herndon folks on Thursday morning.

Kris I will pm you the directions to my place.

mab · Post by **mab** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:28 pm

I purchased a GPS unit with overnight shipping.

JMLenke · Post by **JMLenke** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:16 am

Im really interested to see what you guys bring back. Hopefully you find too much stuff and will have to share/sell some hehe.

mab · Post by **mab** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:56 am

JMLenke wrote:Im really interested to see what you guys bring back. Hopefully you find too much stuff and will have to share/sell some hehe.

Me too!!

Post by **krisw** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:59 am

ok... Just so it's clear, I'm going to meet up with Rodney on Thursday morning, and we're going to start heading south on I-95. Do we need to figure a place to meet up with Michael/Ghazanfar for lunch somewhere below Richmond?

Also, I emailed everyone my cell phone number last night. If you could respond to that email with yours, that'd be good.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:26 am

Florida itenerary:

I'll update this as things get nailed down:

We're set for the following:

Friday, June 8th, 8:00 AM
Snorkel @ Ichetucknee Springs State Park
http://www.floridastateparks.org/ichetuckneesprings/
386-497-2511
We want to hit this EARLY - otherwise the water gets murky from all the people there

Friday, June 8th
Tom's Cypress
15455 NE US Hwy. 301
Waldo, Florida 32694
352-468-2357
352-468-2522
Open 8 AM - 5 PM M-Sat
Driftwood galore!

Saturday (UNCONFIRMED - STILL trying to work this in)
Ekk-Will Waterlife - One of the largest fish farms and wholesalers of Tropical fish in the US
7502 Symmes Rd, Gibsonton, FL 33534, USA (Near TAMPA)
813-677-5475
800-237-4222

Monday, June 11th, 9:30 AM - Tour of Florida Aquatic Nurseries
www.floridaaquatic.com
700 S Flamingo Rd
Davie, FL 33325
(954) 472-5120

I'm also still trying to get into another nursery down south.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:36 am

mab wrote:Ghazanfar - it makes sense for you to meet me at Herndon/Monroe or even my house (just a couple blocks away) since you'll be coming in towards the beltway.

If I can park at your house, I'll just meet you there.

I'll bring my dip net and can get 4-5 styro boxes if we need them.
I plan on picking up a pair of rubber boots when we stop to get
our fishing licenses.

Folks - don't forget your snorkel gear. I'm also planning on
bringing my laptop.

I'd suggest we consolidate vehicles as much as we can - with an
estimated 8-9 fill ups we're looking at $350+ per vehicle on gas.

Post by **krisw** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:48 am

Ghazanfar, remind me to pickup rubber boots at the same time.

I don't know the size of these vehicles, but I'd still be in favor of consolidating down to one vehicle if possible, if not for the gas reasons, just for the ease of coordinating stops, and the fun of chatting it up together as a group. Of course, those who went previously know better about the space requirements on bringing stuff back, so I'll defer to whatever ya'll think.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:57 am

I'm with Kris on this. I think between the minivan and George's pick up
truck - we should have enough space to haul stuff back.

Florida or bust!

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