Four score and seven years ago 

our fathers brought forth on this continent 

a new nation, conceived in liberty, 

and dedicated to the proposition 

that all men are created equal.

                                                                                               Abraham Lincoln

The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, 

holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, 

the mystery of unknown waters, 

and the sweetness of nature undisturbed by man.         

 Charles William Beebe, Log of the Sun, 1906

"My soul is full of longing

for the secret of the sea.

And the heart of the great ocean

sends a thrilling pulse through me."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The quest for fossils and shark's teeth

at Calvert Cliffs, Maryland

A skink

The search for shark's teeth commences.

Joe found this interesting double shark's tooth!

They found a sunken ship...I mean crate

that was tied to the pier.

It's a good idea to begin at the bottom in everything 

except in learning to swim.  

~Author Unknown

Mark is heading to the air compressor.

She is unsuspecting...

The dog has figured out how to slip into the pool verwwy verwwy q.u.i.e.t.l.y.

Who is faster???

Time to flip her over.