On Oct 6, 5:03 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ENTS,
>
> The Big Tree Extravaganza/ ENTS Rendezvous at Cook Forest State Park this
> last weekend is over and it was another big success.
>
> Events started off Friday with a canoe trip to King and Baker Islands I the
> Allegheny River Islands Wilderness. The weather unfortunately did not
> cooperate. It was a rainy cold, day and most of the people planning on
> participating cancelled, myself included. The trip still occurred with Dale
> Luthringer, Turner Sharp, Doug Bidlack, and Ellen Bidlack. Dale canoed and
> the others brought kayaks. I will let them post about the trip. I spent a
> short time setting up video equipment for the presentations on Saturday, then
> Tony Kelly and I visited Beartown Rocks for a couple hours during a break in
> the rain. I already have posted about the Beartown Rocks trip.
> http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/382a2ec...
>
> Ed.Ents: It may have been my imagination but I believe Randy Brown got just
> as wet and miserable as anybody on the canoe trip that Dale made us go on.
> One goal of the trip was to find two more species to measure heights to
> complete a Rucker Index of the Islands. We failed. Having said that I
> thoroughly enjoyed our little paddle but am still somewhat perplexed at the
> species we did not see. ie examples of Boxelder, Cottonwood, Green Ash,
> Hackberry.
I am off to Joshua Tree Mational Monument to warm up and dry out and
hopefully measure some palm trees.
Turner Sharp
measure
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