MedTexPlacer has always said that he enjoyed visiting Gordon the Grouper ( Note: Gordon died on 6_23_2008 ) at Sea Center Texas anytime he was caching in the Lake Jackson area. So I thought I'd give him an excuse to stop by. This one is not nearly as difficult as his journey to Milliways because it is a micro.
Unfortunating Gordon has past away at the tender age of 23 after many years of entertaining everyone at Sea Center Texas. Stop by anyway as a "memorial" to this great fish!
Sea Center Texas is a marine aquarium, fish hatchery and education center located on 75 acres in Lake Jackson, Texas. It is operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in partnership with the Coastal Conservation Association, The Dow Chemical Company and US Fish and Wildlife Service Sportfish Restoration Funds. The facility opened in 1996 and includes a visitor center that educates through interpretive displays, a "touch tank" and aquariums depicting native Texas habitats including a salt marsh, jetty, reef and open Gulf exhibits. The Gulf aquarium highlights Gordon, a 300+ -pound grouper, and the state record moray eel.
Sea Center Texas also is home to the largest redfish hatchery in the world, 36 one-acre fish culture ponds, an outdoor wetland exhibit and a youth fishing pond.
Admission is Free, but donations are appreciated.
Hours, Days
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday
This project was launched to unite the entire geocaching continuum together at one point using the "Small World Theory" as it pertains to geocaching.
If even half of the nearly 13,000 caches originally released on 5/26/2006 get placed as a geocache, no geocacher in the entire world (with even 1 find) should be able to go much beyond 3 degrees of separation from every other geocacher in the world, but the REAL object of this project is to bring that number down to 1 degree for as many geocachers as possible.
One Degree of Separation is a project that has been taking shape and GROWING for nearly 3 years. It's a variation of the "Small World" concept that was proposed in the early 20th century. Many people are familiar with the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, but few know just how far back the idea goes.
For more information on this project and the Small World Theory go to: ( "http://geoonedegree.proboards51.com/index.cgi">visit link)
To visually see how the project grows over time check the ODS: PRIME! geocaching profile stats at: ( "http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=c8b5d7b5-b3ea-4e3c-b72c-01b2ab78a6a9"> visit link)
Please email ODS: PRIME! when you plant your seed, so he can add your cache to the ever growing network of caches placed in this project.
Many other goals will be posted as the project grows, but here are a few.
#1 To have an active ODS cache hidden on ALL 7 continents.
#2 To have an ODS cache hidden in all 50 states.
#3 To have an ODS cache hidden in a number of foreign countries, by milestone, 10 countries at a time. First milestone 10 then 20 and so on.
#4 To have an ODS cache hidden in every county in Texas.
More goals will be posted on the ODS website....
Thank you for participating in what is sure to be a noteworthy point in geocaching history.
Congratulations to Britt&Bess for FTF!!!