I found this thread on Reef Frontiers and got Boomer's permission to post his here for him. You can reach him directly at wcwingATchartermiDOTnet or respond to the RF thread.
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47461
Joe Yaiullo, who is the Curator/Cofounder of the famous Atlantis Marine World, a 20,000 gallon reef tank and Mitch Carl who is Director of Omaha Zoo's 500gal stony coral display and 1000gal stony coral propagation will be in Portland for a AZA meeting in Sept. They will be flying into PDX which will also include a visit to Oregon Coast Aquarium. Joe will be getting in monday the 14th at 11:35am and flying out at 1pm on thurs the 17th. The conference is tues the 15th, but as of now there are no plans for that evening. They want to be hitting the coast on wed the 16th, maybe some tanks/ stores to check out coming and going... etc.. Mitch is getting in at 7pm on the 14th.
So, the question is, are there any of you guys there that can take care of these two form me. Like where to go, what to see, what stores, some great reef tank to see or even a guide tour during their free time ? It is not ever day you get to hang out with the likes of these two guys.
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