Dear Dr. Descy PUd,
Thanks to your informative and revealing website, I and a
companion took advantage of the many and varied vacation
attractions you mentioned. Perhaps the most intriguing and
certainly for me, most memorable, is the whale-watching as
they make their summer migration up the Minnesota River. I
just wish we had been able to complete the expedition to the
mating ponds of the upper Minnesota delta. Unfortunately, our
stay was short, due to the (thankfully not too serious)
injuries my companion incurred while attempting to feed a
baby mammoth sturgeon during our whale-watching trip on
the Minnesota. The sturgeon, which often accompany the whales
on their upstream migration,are themselves a rare sight.
Unfortunately, our dingy was caught between the baby and its
mother, and this resulted in a mishap as my companion attempted
to attract the baby with a handful of cheese nachos. The mother
sturgeon apparently took this as an attack on the younger one
and rammed our boat, throwing my companion into the river
where he was immediately set upon by other sturgeon. Thanks
to the quick efforts of the members of the Mankato Bottlewhale
and Bottomfeeder Watchers who sponsor the whale-watching
expeditions, my companion fared rather well. While a pair
of these brave people immediately sprang into the swirling
melee to rescue my companion, the others distracted the
mother sturgeon by singing "La Macarena" and pounding on
the sides of the boat, causing the sturgeon pack to scatter
for deeper waters. My friend was rescued and suffered only
shock and minor suck marks from lamprey leeches. However,
this incident was wholly due to our own ignorance and
overexcitement, and should in no way detract from the
once-in-a-lifetime thrill it was for us to experience.
We can only recommend this unique opportunity to anyone
looking for as the crowning experience of alifetime!
Please feel free to use this letter as a reference; I can
only suggest that those in the Mankato Commerce of Chambers
and others critical of your website themselves take advantage
of the many perverse distractions in the Mankato area.
Sincerely,J. Shaw,
jsh@software-ag.de
Darmstadt, Germany
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