Slumber Falls, Spring Retreat April 4 - 6 2003
Congregational Church of Austin, UCC
Wildflowers brighten the entrance to Slumber Falls retreat center.
Bluebonnets!
More Bluebonnets
View of one of the two retreat center cottages
Clark Hubbs discusses some of the many problems caused by the limited water resources in the state of Texas.
Clark Hubbs, Lecturing on the water resources in Texas
Retreat attendees get hands on experience in biological research at Comal Springs in San Marcos.
Fish traps baited with dog food will reveal differences in the numbers of fish on the surface vs on the bottom of at about 100yds from the source of Comal Springs
Sara Ross and Lynne Lemley
Bambi Lowman
Katie Lemley and Tom Vandestadt
Portable HydroLab measures water temperature as well as several dissolved substances
Fish caught in traps on the bottom of the stream
Counting the Fish caught in the traps
Kathy Foster accepts a handful of Fish from Clark Hubbs
Dave Ross
Lynne Lemley and David Foster
Tom Vandestadt and George Lemley
Water is crystal clear this near to the source of the spring
Dennis intoduces the group to the world of short wave radio