Hi Charlie,
What we do to aquire, transport and house our precious shells and pets.
Amazing isn't it.
I will be more diligent in rock piles now that I'm looking for snails as
well as, silver, lead, zinc, gold, barite, slate, etc. My husband (Val) and
I are avid prospectors and do have a barite and slate claim area that is
being commercially mined.
I do keep busy. I don't know how I ever had the time for everything before
retirement. Now we're retired there just are not enough hours in a day to
get everything done that we want.
It has been raining now for a few days now. A real welcome for our neck of
the woods. The forest fires were starting to really get out of control
again so we sure do appreciate the moisture. It halts our camping and
fishing for a week or so as the mountain lakes and roads we go to are closed
due to mud slides and just impassable roads. This too is OK as it will give
the poor fish a break from the busy summer fishing season.
This also gives me a bit of extra time to work on Man and Mollusc and do a
few extra things like "Oreo's" Page.
http://www.manandmollusc.net/Oreo/oreo.html. I had fun doing this one
today.
All the very best,
Avril Bourquin
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Sent: August 24, 2004 11:50 PM
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Subject: Re: Oreohelix strigosa
Avril,
I found O. strigosa depressa when I was at a conference in Colorado. This
was in 1995. The altitude was between 8000-9000 feet. The snails were
located at the bases of clumps of grass, small plants and bushes. I was
amazed to find any snails at this altitude especially since my main
interest was in fossil mollusks. My challenge was in getting the shells
home. My luggage was stuffed full and I was afraid that they would be
crushed. I found a candy store that sold chocolate in wooden boxes. I was
able to buy a box (didn't want the chocolate, an error in judgement on my
part) and packed the shells in the box and crammed it into my carry-on
suitcase. The shells made it home with no problem and the box still sits on
my workbench.
Regards,
Charlie
--On Monday, August 23, 2004 8:09 PM -0600 Avril <[log in to unmask]> wrote:r
> Hello Conchlers,
>
> Well, for sure one really does not know when you will cross paths with a
> snail.
>
> Today my husband, mining partner and I were doing assessment work on some
> of our mineral claims way up a mountain (over 5,200 foot elevation).
> There sitting on a massive rock slide area was a tiny snail.
>
> I brought him home to observe and identify. He is an Oreohelix strigosa
> (Rocky Mountain Snail) Gould, 1846.
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