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oh!! This is so amazing and beautiful!! Nature is truly something...

How did you ever see them in the grass if they are so tiny? Your dalmatian spotted them?

My husband actually saw them first-- there's a sandy part of the lawn that has a lot of little anthills, and he saw movement in one of them. So it was pure luck!

Oh wow! That is so cool!

I remember a few years ago I was walking along a cranberry bog with a friend and the night before, about 12 snapping turtles had made nests and laid eggs. (We walk that route every day - so knew it had happened suddenly.) Then the next day - almost all the eggs had been uprooted and eaten - I assume by raccoons or skunks or something. So it's great that those little guys made it into the world.

AMAZING!!! these are amazing shots ...I loveeeeeeee turtles...they are so cute...

Oh, that's sad, Barbara! I wonder about their survival rate. We didn't keep track to see how many made it to the pond-- there are a lot of hawks around here-- but I'm sure a bunch of them did.

Glad you liked them, Diana! :-)

This is so amazing! What a wonderful moment to have experienced, and they are just adorable. Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my blog.

How cool. I'll have to show my kids this post. They're going to love the pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Hi Lisa-- Thanks-- it was pretty cool!

Hi Vivian-- It's fun to see the kid's reactions. Baby animals are hard to resist!

Cool! good thing they don't fly

Haha Julie, yeah! Not sure my nerves could take that anymore! ;-)

The April Fool? ---> US for living here.

I liked the April Fool's Joke gmail did last year (two years ago?), where they said they would print off your emails and ship them to you for free, all made possible by little ads printed on the back of the paper. Good times, good times. This year Youtube Rickrolled everyone. Ah, April Fool's Day!

Thomas,
Wow. The snow. I want snow here! Haven't seen it in a while...bummer. Send us a little. :*)

Soozles - You said it, sista. What ARE we doing?

Courtney - Yeah, that one was solid. It's a hard one to follow. I got Rickrolled by some friends a while back. Man, I still don't talk to them.

DH - You can have it...er, oh...it's already gone. If you don't like the weather in MN, just wait like 2 minutes. It'll change! (Man, every midwestern state says that)

Hi, you are currently across the room from me in Victoria. Ah, the internets.

Jessamyn, I’d suggest bugging one of my fellow geeks involved with code4lib. Either send out a message to the list, pop into the IRC channel, or just ask around. I know there were some folks looking to fly into Seatac and then get to Victoria from there. Also, I know there’s a bus that runs from the airport to the Port Angeles ferry terminal, from which the ferry to Victoria runs.

Jessamyn doubt my times will be of help. I am driving over from Vancouver on the Monday (8th) for Thanksgiving with the in-laws and staying the entire week. I plan on driving back from Victoria to Vancouver sometime on the Saturday (13th), though I might come back late on the Friday, if you plan to stay that long.

You have probably checked into it, but if you fly in/out of Seattle there is the Clipper service to Victoria, a high speed passenger ferry, though only 1 trip each way at that time of year.Clipper.

When you get your times set, we have to see if we can set up a MeFi meetup.

Jessamyn - if you are flying into Seattle, I suggest you look into the Victoria Clipper (http://www.clippervacations.com) ferry for transportation. Although aimed at tourists, it can be a good way for passengers without cars to get to Victoria from the U.S.

n.b. the Victoria Clipper is not connected to Sea-Tac airport, so you will also need to catch a Metro Transit bus or a taxi to make the connection. And while the bus is quite cheap ($2 or thereabouts), the Clipper will set you back roughly $100.

I’ll be in the same boat, so to speak.

Another option is if you find can a good price for a flight into Vancouver, you can get the Helijet from the Vancouver Airport to downtown Victoria. Not the best times (make sure you check Fall schedule) but damn fun, especially if you do the one that makes a stop in downtown Vancouver. The flight is about $140 Cdn, so not much more expensive than flying into SeaTac and taking the Clipper.
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Fall Sched.

Hi Jessamyn - I won’t be going to Access but make this trip often as my parents live north of Victoria. We have found that sometimes its cheapest to fly into Vancouver, BC. You can get a bus at Vancouver airport that takes you right to downtown Victoria via the ferry. Buses run regularly (every couple of hours) and cost about $25 CDN. As a bonus you get the beautiful scenery from the ferry.

The Victoria Clipper from Seattle is not cheap and is time consuming but the ride is beautiful. You might also try the seaplane from Seattle to Victoria - again a beautiful ride and a lot of fun for about the same price as the regular plane fare. There is a shuttle that runs from the Seattle airport to the seaplane terminal.

Kathy Gould
Palos Verdes Library District

Hi Jessamyn,
I live in Nanaimo, up Island from Victoria. I am sure you have booked all your tickets by now, but you might want to check out Harbour Air to fly from Vancouver to Victoria fairly cheaply. I wish I were going to the ACCESS conference but am going to Monterey instead a few weeks later. Victoria is beautiful though, enjoy!