San Francisco Bay Area Tarantula Society

BayLee · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:55 pm Post subject:

Hey guys, I won't get my pictures up till the weekend. As always I took way to may, like 500+. I need to sort through them and get them onto Flickr. I am like 1/3 done.

The attendance was the best ever, hard to tell how many.
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llamamama · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:01 am Post subject:

Here are a few of the new residents at my house.

Greenbottle Blue sling aka "Starbucks" (lol, thanks, Ken!)

My whole weekend was good because I scored the only E. campestrata at the conference, to the best of my knowledge.

I like the RCF roseas so much that I indulged and bought another one. Not the greatest pic of it though.

Raffle prizes:

A. versicolor (hard to remember that the ones I have were that small a year ago)

P. irminia

H. villosella (woohoo!)

I didn't take pics of the other irminia, P. pulcher, A. minatrix, or the smithi sling.

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wburke17 · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:57 am Post subject:

Actually I gave the verduzi to Frisco for future considerations ;)

There was well over 100 in attendance according to Patrick, we had 3 in our group that didnt register till we got there.
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llamamama · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:07 am Post subject:

Well, *whoever* has the verduzi, Al is interested if you decide you don't want it someday! lol

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UglyKid2 · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject:

Great pics Laurie. it was all over too fast!

BayLee · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject:

Ok here are some teasers:
At the Roach Race

The one and only Stan Schultz

Our very own Ken

And look who we've got here: Dr. Brent Hendrixson, Orin McMonigal and Kari McWest

On the way to the National Wildlife Museum

Great disguise

Rattle snakes

Aphonopelma sp.

Debbie from North Dakota

Picture perfect sky

Cacti is awesome in AZ

Dragonfly, what species I do not know.

The Cave

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And look what came across our path...

John

Debbie again

Very well fed Prairie dogs

John again, trying to prove how big this Cactus was

These are very tasty... Yummy!

Cute Ocelot, he was resting right in front of me.

And look what we found...

Debbie holding our find at the museum

I don't know her name

And more cactus

At our first hike. Emily with Mission an African Gray, a couple had with them. Mission loved all the attention and was very friendly.

Moth

Scorpion

And more cactus. Oh by the way I had one stuck to my leg too.
My legs got scratched up pretty bad.

Larry Nelson brought Pat's Miracle. This female survived a Tarantula hawk sting two years ago. Pretty lucky girl if you asked me.

Ok that is it for now folks!

Here is the slide show:http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaylees/sets/72157621755990345/show/

More pictures later.
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"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed."

--"The World As I See It," originally published in FORUM AND CENTURY, 1931.
- Albert Einstein
"
I speak English, German and Lonish.

UglyKid2 · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:20 am Post subject:

Great pics Lony, the desert museum was awesome!

Revan · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:25 am Post subject:

I learned a lot at the conference, my millipedes and t's will thank me! If I was more outgoing, I probably would have met a few of you, but I am a bit shy in new situations. Didn't come home with any new tarantulas, but that was probably for the best as I flew there! I came home with a list of everything I want now though.
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BayLee · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject:

I was close of getting arrested at the Tucson airport. Close call... yikes. I almost wet my pants for sure.
Had four T's in my purse.

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"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed."

--"The World As I See It," originally published in FORUM AND CENTURY, 1931.
- Albert Einstein
"
I speak English, German and Lonish.