[Nfbc-info] NFBC,SD Chapter Outing to the Birch Aquarium

[Lisa Irving]

Hello, I would like to add to Alice's wonderful commentary. First I really appreciate all of her hard work and pulling together this trip. She has been planning this outing for about three months.

I particularly enjoyed learning about the Monterey aquarium's phone app which enables those of us who eat fish to choose fish that are sustainable. For those of you going to Orlando you may wish to try the delicacy a lionfish. Who would think of eating a lion fish? Well they are overtaking that area of the United States. And that is why restaurants are putting together delicious menu options.

We were also able to feel a raised timeline that shows the depletion of CO2 in the atmosphere. Additionally we were able to see colorful fish and learn that some fish I forget which grow up to 300 pounds. We used to think that's a lot of tacos however this fish was still a very young fish.

I really enjoyed the fact that our young Chapter family joined us. It was fun to once again hold a toddler who squealed with the light it's seeing the various fish float around.

About a year ago one of our chapter members Kyle what are began the practice of something called brags and rags. Basically you pay to brag or you pay to drag. We were able to use this petty cash to pay for the tickets for both volunteers. We also purchased their lunch.

Once again, thank you very much allison and Depner for putting together this amazing day at the aquarium.

Thoughtfully,
Lisa Irving, Chapter President

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> On Jun 19, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Michael Hingson via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> It sounds like all of you had a great time. Congrats. It is great to dream
> the dream and live the lives we want. 
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> Best Regards,
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> Michael Hingson
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> Depner via NFBC-Info
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> Subject: [Nfbc-info] NFBC,SD Chapter Outing to the Birch Aquarium
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> Hello Everyone,
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> Here is a description of a recent San Diego Chapter outing.  
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> Respectfully,
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> Allison Depner
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> You Can Live the Life You Want!
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> NFBC,SD Chapter Trip to the Birch Aquarium
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> Yesterday, Saturday, June 18, several of the local chapter of the National
> Federation of the Blind visited the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla.  Thanks to
> the assistance provided by 2 Delta-Gamma Sorority alumnae, (Jennifer and
> Cara),
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> and an aquarium volunteer, our visit was a great success!  Kayla, the
> aquarium volunteer gave us an hour long guided tour  packed with fascinating
> facts.  Thank you Kayla for this generous contribution to our tour .  We
> realize that such a tour usually costs a great deal of money, and we deeply
> appreciate the effort of the Birch Staff to make sure we were able to enjoy
> the facility as much as possible.
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> At the end of the guided tour, We also had a chance to touch a starfish,
> anemones, a sea cucumber, and a sea urchin.  How cool is that?  BTW, the
> anemones felt like sticky plastic wrap.  I thought the Sea Urchin felt like
> a kind of cactus.  
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> After the guided tour wrapped up,  the 2 Delta-Gamma volunteers helped us
> look at some of the exhibits that hadn’t been covered by Kayla.  They did a
> great job with describing the fish and reading signage.  
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> No visit to such a venue is complete without a trip to the gift shop.
> Again, Jennifer, and Cara did an exemplary job of telling us everything that
> the gift shop had to offer.
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> We topped off the Birch Aquarium with lunch at the Splash outdoor café.  I
> was impressed with how affordable the food was.  
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> We all had the same MTS bus to go home.  On the way, Lisa thanked me for
> setting up the visit and said she had enjoyed herself more than she had for
> a very long time.  The credit really goes to Birch Aquarium for providing us
> with a discounted entrance  fee and the fabulous tour guide as well as to
> Cara and Jennifer who gave up their Saturday afternoon to work with us.  
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> Respectfully,
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> NFBC,SD Secretary Allison Depner
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> (619) 952-2352
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> You can live the life you Want.
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