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Thursday, February 09, 2006

A Mountain Mystery...


I thought you might like to have a Washington State mystery question........We are known for our rain, but did you know Washington is also the snowiest place on earth! The mountain in the distance is north of our island, across the water, and up in the Cascade Mountain Range. I think it is the most beautiful mountain in our state. A couple of years ago it snowed 40 feet on this mountain. Do you know its name?

Your Friend, Ron

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

The Second Sea Creature Mystery Begins


This is one of the most abundant animals that lives at the edge of the sea. It is one of the most amazing too. When it is just a baby, it swims and drifts on the waves. Many of them have three eyes! As they grow, they settle to the sea floor where they use a kind of cement and paste their heads onto a rock!

Some of them paste themselves onto WHALES! Gray whales can have as many as 100 pounds of these small creatures riding on them. Beaked whales even have them on their teeth!

When I was in grade school, I spent time in summer scraping these sea creatures off of the bottom of my row boat> They would stick to the bottom and slow it down.

Even though these animals have a kind of shell, it is not realted to the snails! It is more closely realted to the crabs and shrimp...Have fun. Can you guess this creature?

Your friend, Ron

Monday, February 06, 2006

There is Only One, Big, Blue Ocean


Many of the things that end up on the beach were actually thrown into a river, many many miles from the sea! Pollution of the ocean happens hundreds, even thousands of miles from the ocean.

Did you know if you go down to the Whitewater and touch the surface of the river that you are also touching the ocean? Even small streams near your homes flow into the Whitewater which flows into the _____________ which flows into the _______________ which flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

And this is the amazing part to me. That water in your river is connected,without anything separating it, to ALL the oceans on earth. Imagine. You can see this by looking at the blue on a globe ---- See how there is only One big blue Ocean. Pretty cool!

That is why all of us need to be very thoughtful about how we live our lives. We all live downstream from others, and those who live downstream from us depend on our taking care of the water in our neighborhoods.

What can you do to keep this one ocean safe for all living things?
Your Friend,
Ron