Eric Lease Morgan Eric Lease Morgan's Water Collection 2002-07-06 2009-06-29 eric_morgan@infomotions.com This is a presentation of my water collection. The purpose of the presentation to share with you my collection and provide for me an opportunity to explore ways to use computers for the purposes of disseminating information. Enjoy.

This is my water collection.

When I was younger my family did not go to the beach for vacations. "It's too sunny, hot, and sandy!", my Mom would say. Since most of my friends went to the beach at least once a year, many of them were surprised to find out that I had not seen the ocean. Consequently, upon graduation from high school, one of my best friends, Marlin Miller, said he was going to take me to see the ocean. We planned our trip, and one night, after working the second shift at the carpet factory, we set off for Ocean City, MD. At 2 o'clock in the morning, my first impression of the ocean was its sound. It was loud. In the light of day I was impressed with its size. Resolving myself to being able to see the ocean whenever I wanted, I bought a deformed bottle for 59 cents and filled it with water. Thus, my water collection was born.

Since then I have collected water from all over the world. Much of it I have collected myself. Others have also contributed. You too can see my water collection. Use the links on this page to browse and search the collection. Have fun with it. It is simply a particular implementation of a particiular image database.

Enjoy.

 http://infomotions.com/water/ water Agean Sea at Kos, Greece 2005 4 23 Pascal Calarco Pascal collected this water for me during a business trip to Greece. ("Nice business trip.") He says the exact geo-coordinates of the water's origin are 36 degrees 53'20.13 N 27 degrees 20'07.57 E. Fun! BTW, this is the second largest water in my collection. Amazon River, Peru 2001 6 0 Carol Morgan Bill Parker Mom collected this water while vacationing in South America with Mr. Parker. She says she couldn't reach the water herself, so she asked the tour guide to help her. He was most accomodating. Atlantic Ocean at Christ of the Abyss statue (Key Largo, FL) 2009 6 25 Eric Morgan

I had the opportunity to give a hands-on workshop on XMLto the folks at SEFLIN, and along the way I collected this water.

More specifically, I arrived a day early to check out and set up the venue. Not too difficult. The then drove like a bat out of Hell to Key Largo where I rented snorkeling equipment in at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. "We'going to be out about five miles, and the water is a bit choppy," and I thought, "I hope I don't get sick," but I really wanted to go snorkeling to see tropical fish. Seeing the statue was a bonus. I then drove to Coral Gables to see family. The next day the workshop went just fine, and in the evening I had dinner along the beach. Very nice.

 Atlantic Ocean at Hay Beach, Shelter Island, NY 2004 10 24 Eric Morgan This water was gotten in an hour of respite. I visited NYC to give the OSSNLibraries presentationto the folks at METRO. It went well. During my stay in NYC I went to the Met' and saw a Broadway show, Chicago. (Times Square is too much for me. 'Like Las Vegas in a tiny area.) On this same janut I gave a presentation to the administrators of LILRC on the topic of open access, but that was on the following Monday. During the time in between I stayed on Long Island. I went to church and met up with Chris and Lauri Filstrip. I drove to the end of the north fork of Long Island. I visited a winery, and I rested on Hay Beach. Atlantic Ocean at Mwnt, Wales 2002 7 23 Eric Morgan Mwnt is not too impressive. It is the site of a large hill jutting out into the Ocean as well as the location of a early monks cell. We went there on our "holiday" become my mother had told me it was the site a of a number of Morgan and Evans headstones. I was disappointed because the small chapel at the site had only Evan's headstones. No Morgan'. Alas. I collected water anyway. Atlantic Ocean at Roch, Wales 2002 7 21 Eric Morgan This was my second water from Wales. I got with near the castle, Roch Castle, where we stayed on the first half of our Wales "holiday". Atlantic Ocean at St. Justinians, Wales 2002 7 21 Eric Morgan This was my first water from Wales. Atlantic Ocean at the Forty Steps (Newport, RI) 2006 4 5 Eric Morgan On my way to Worchester, MA to give a talk on All Things Open, I stopped in Newport (Rhode Island)to see the "cottages". The walk along the coast was everything it had been made up to be. I ate fine clam chowder and I had good company for dinner with Kate H. Baltimore Harbor, Baltimore, MD 2002 3 17 Eric Morgan I collected this water, on a rainy day, while taking some time off from attending an information architecture conference. Bath Creek at Bath, NC 2004 6 8 Eric Morgan On our annual family vaction we went to the North Carolina Outerbanks. I had three goals: 1) sit on the porch, drink a beer, and watch the ocean, 2) eat lots of soft shell crab, and 3) look for Blackbeard's treasure. I accomplished Goald #1 a number of times. I accomplished Goal #2 by eating the freshest seafood of my life. It included soft shell crab. I accomplished Goal #3 by traveling to Bath, NC. I learned that Bath is the oldest incorporated town in North Carolina founded in 1705 or so. It is also the home of the oldest public library in North Carolina. While there I saw lot's old homes, but most importantly I went to the historial center, found Spanish dubloons, and not only looked for Blackbeard's treasure but found it as well. Canal surrounding Kastellet, Copenhagen, Denmark 2007 8 31 Eric Morgan I had the opportunity to participate in the Ticer Digital Library School in Tilburg, The Netherlands. While I was there I also had the opportunity to visit the folks at Index Data, a company that writes and supports open source software for libraries. After my visit I toured around Copenhagen very quickly. I made it to the castle (Kastellet), but my camera had run out of batteries. The entire Tilburg, Copenhagen, Amsterdam adventure was quite informative. Cape Cod Bay at Race Point 2008 5 7 Eric Morgan

I got this water on Cape Codwhere I attended the Massachusetts Library Association Annual Meeting (2008) and gave a presentation called " Next Generation Data Format". The weather was cool. The sun was bright. There was lots of sand. I visited one of the oldest Unitarian Churches, and I saw many others. I ate a lobster roll at a place called the Quarterdeck in Falsmouth. Very nice. I never made it to Martha's Vineyard. I saw Plymouth Rock instead, but it ws under construction. Go figure.

Note to astute archivist: The bottle depicts a blue cap, but it fell off and I had to find another. It's replacement is white.

 Caribbean Sea at Lime Cay, Kingston, Jamaica 2003 7 6 Eric Morgan This is the most south I've been to date. I collected this water on a tiny island called Lime Cay off of Port Royal on our way out of town from giving MyLibrary 'N Jamaica. Mary, Alexandra, and I put all of our stuff in a taxi driver's trunk. We got into a small boat and were taken out to cay, and the man said, "When should I come back, mon?" I said, "In a about an hour." As he rode off on the waves, I thought how trusting we were with the whole things. The taxi driver could have ridden off with our things, and we could have been stranded on a island smaller than a city block. While we were there we were the only ones. It was small, peaceful, and we imagined pirates coming to shore. Caribbiean Sea at Robins Bay, Jamaica 1978 6 30 Eric Morgan I collected this water on a long walk through a "rain forest" in Jamaica. Mary, Alexandra, and I stayed in Robin's Bay, Jamica at a place called Sonrise Beach Resort. I was in Jamaica to give a three-day, hands-on workshop on MyLibrary. To say that the town was small is an understatement. There were about fifty (50) people in the town in a radius of about five (5) miles. One morning I got up early and took a long walk along the "road" to the Black Sands Beach. Along the way I visited with Rastafarians, got soaked in a few showers, say banana trees and other tropical plants, a goatherd, and a person driving a mule. It was very humid. I could have fallen, lost my way, and not been found for days. While swimming at the Beach I collected this water. A nice memory. Darling Harbor, Sydney (Australia) 2008 10 20 Eric Morgan I collected this water when I had the opportunity to visit Sydney (Australia) and give a presentation at the Libraries Australia Forum 2008. I arrived on a Sunday after thirty-six hours of travel and went to church. On the Monday I touristed downtown Sydney and photographed the Opera House. On Tuesday I went to Canberra and the National Library. On Wednesday I visited the Blue Mountains where it dawned on me that at that particular moment I was physically the most distant from my home as I had ever been. Thursday was the Forum. Friday was spent along the Central Coast. Saturday I came home and experienced two dawns. Remember fishing for mermaids. Erie Canal at Fairport, NY 2005 4 15 Eric Morgan

When I arrived in Fairport, NYto give my open source software workshopI was very surprized to find that the venue was right next to the Erie Canal. "Low bridge. Everybody down. Low Bridge. We're comin' to a town...Ever navigated on the Erie Canal."

The workshop went just fine. I played disc golf at Ellison Park. I visited the University of Rochester library and saw a very cool cemetery nearby. Most importantly, I visited with Ted and Jean Miller. They are the parents of my oldest friend, Mark, and Ted was my first library mentor.

 Feather River at Paradise, California 2008 5 31 Eric Morgan After giving a one-day workshop on XMLin Santa Clara, Matthew picked me up and we drove to Paradise (California). There I saw his new home, visited with Julie, surprisingly met up with Noah Strong (cousin I hadn't seen in thirty years), played disc golf, and went for a walk beside a flume on the west branch of the Feather River. Fountain at Trg Bana Jelacica 2006 3 2 Eric Morgan I got this water from the central-most square in Zagreb (Croatia), Trg Bana Jelacica. I had the opportunity to visit Zagreb because I gave the opening addressas well as a couple of MyLibrary workshopsat a national library conference. I wrote a travel logdescribing my expereince, but in short, librarianship in Croatia is similar to librarianship in the United States except the profession does not seem to be graying. From a cultural point of view, Croatia is a mixture of old and new providing opportunities for a great deal of diversity. Fountain of Youth, St. Augustine, FL 2004 7 26 Eric Morgan While attending the ALA Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, I took some time to visit St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. This was an opportunity I could not pass up. I had to collect water from the Fountain of Youth. St. Augustine was bit more touristy than I expected, but it was nice. I saw the oldest wooden schoolhouse, the oldest house, the fort, and I swam in the ocean. Not only that, but Ponce de Leon found a way for me to eternally youthful, and for that I am grateful. Gulf of Mexico at Galveston Island State Park 2003 6 10 Alexandra Morgan Eric Morgan Alexandra and I collected this water on our trip to Texas, Driving Around Texas. The water was very warm for swimming, the were was a lot of sea weed, Mary and Alexandra captured "diggers", and the sea gulls were everywhere. Just before collecting this water we walked round the marsh side of the park where I saw a number of birds, including a couple of very vocal ones. A good time was had by all. Headwaters of the Missouri River 2007 10 3 Eric Morgan

I had the opportunity to visit Bozeman, Montana to give a presentation to the Montana State University Libraries on the topic of open source software for their second annual symposium. The presentation went well, and I sincerely believe people went away with a broader understanding of what the open source software process can (and can not) do for the library profession.

While I was there I took time to be a tourist. One of the places I visited was the headwaters of the Missouri River. As Lewis and Clark made their way across the United States the were constantly looking out for the beginnings of the Missouri. "Is this river bigger than that river? Yes, then the Missouri continues." At this point none of the rivers were bigger than the others. This is where the Missouri River begins. "Thank you Wally for recommending this jaunt." Also along the way I touristed in Yellowstone National Park. It snowed the evening prior. I saw boiling mud and Old Faithful (for a second time). Quite impressive!

 Isabella River in the Boundry Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, MN 2002 5 10 Tom Lehman Tom collected this water for me during his semi-annual "Boundry Waters Canoe Trip". Jimmy Carter Water, Atlanta, GA 2004 10 3 Alexandra Morgan Mary Morgan Mary and Alexandra got this water from the Carter Center while we were on a trip to Atlanta. While we were there we saw lots of nice flowers, visited with family, and I attended a symposium at Emory on open access publishing. Lago Paranoa, Brazilia (Brazil) 2007 4 8 Anastasia Guimaraes Auggie Guimaraes Paula Guimaraes

The collectors of the water say: Lago Paranoa, embraces the east side of the city of Brasilia. The Paranoa lake was conceived through the controlled harnessing of waterways (dam) to include the Rio Paranoa, Rio Torto, Rio Bananal, Rio Fundo, Rio Vicente Pires and a grouping of creaks named Gama. The objective behind the development of Lago Paranoa aimed at raising the humidity of the air in this regional dry climate. The lake's development brought temperatures in the region to the average highs of 85 degrees around September, and average lows of 65 in July. Its area covers 40 km, with a perimeter of 80 km. It's shores are dedicated to sports clubs, restaurants, and areas of leisure. Water quality "clean".

I appreciate the time and effort they spent. "Thank you very much!"

 Lake Erie at Cedar Point Amusement Park, OH 2007 6 6 Eric Morgan This water was collected during an 8th grade graduation event. Remember all of the dead fish along the shore and the multitude of roller coaster rides. Lake Geneva at Jet d Eau, Geneva, Switzerland 2005 10 22 Martin Halbert Eric Morgan

Martin and I collected this water during the OAI4 conference at CERN. While we were there we toured Geneva and the Chateau de Chillon.

There are many things to remember about collecting this particular water including the effortless and sincere conversation during the plane ride to Zurich, $0.99 pictures, feeling excited and elated as if I could not lose, walking and then running in the rain, touching but not seeing the Mur de la Reformation, picking up the conversation exactly where it left off, being "younger", discussing religion, sharing dreams, sharing most embarassing moments, sharing inner secrets and reasons why we are the people we have become, and wishing the evening would never end. The clock on the wall had stopped at 10:53. I asked when it was time to go. The answer came easily and without hesitation. "At 11 o'clock."

During the process of collecting this water I learned more than the latest developments regarding the use of OAI and the implementation of institutional repositories. I learned about myself and experienced a lovely, enchanting spell.

Geneva was beautiful.

 Lake Huron at Sarnia (Canada) 2008 10 1 Eric Morgan Ken Varnum Ken and I collected this water on our way to the Access 2008 conference taking place in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). The air was windy. The sky was clear, mostly. We talked about computers, libraries, and gadgets along the way. Lake Mead at Hoover Dam 2003 11 7 Eric Morgan This is water from Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam. I collected this water while at my first MCN conference, museums and computers where I participated in a panel discussion and facilitated Getting Started With XML. All in Las Vegas. The Hoover Dam was impressive, especially considering when it was created. Why can't our government do this sort of work now? The drive to Red Rock Canyon was nice too. I enjoyed the difference in scenery. At the conference I learned about the similarites and differences between libraries and museums, but still, there are more similarities than differences. We got tired of saying metadata and started using the term neo-data instead. By the way, the bottle containing this water was gotten from a Persian resturant from the night before. The museum folks were impressed with my water "collection." Lake Michigan at Warren Dunes State Park, IN 2001 8 14 Alexandra Morgan Eric Morgan Mary Morgan Matthew Morgan We got this water on one of our first day trips after arriving in South Bend, IN. Boy, those sand dunes sure are big! Lake Ontario at Hamilton, Ontario (Canada) 2008 10 4 Eric Morgan During the Access 2008 conference in HamiltonI had the opportunity to collect this water. I tried to get some of it the previous day after visiting the Botanical Garden, but I took a wrong turn, ended up in a rush hour traffic jam, and wasn't able to go across the bridge. I made a special effort the next day and was successful. A woman came walking down the beach and said, "You're not going to drink that are you!?" Lake St. Claire at Windsor, Ontario 2002 10 23 Johanna Foster At the Access 2002conference, Windsor, Ontario, I gave a presentation about XML. Near the end of the presentation I described how I used XML to create and display this water collection. A day or two later Johanna came up to me and presented me with this water from Lake St. Claire. She described the lake as the smallest of the lakes in the Great Lakes sytem. "Thank you, Johanna." Lancaster Square, Conwy, Wales 2002 7 26 Eric Morgan This water was collected after seeing a very large castle, eating fish & chips, and visiting a very nice butterfly house. It was collected for obvious reasons -- the association with Lancaster. Loch Lomond 2002 7 15 Laura Bayard This water was collected on Laura's trip abroad to the IFLA conference. Marys Peak spring water 2004 8 28 Martin Halbert Eric Morgan Martin and I gathered this water from Mary's Peak in Oregon while working at a meeting of Project OCKHAM in Corvallis. At the meeting we shared our developments and planned the future of OCKHAM. Late in the day Martin and I escaped to the Peak to ... take a peek at the surroundings. The pine trees were grand, the views breath-taking, and the water refreshing. We believe we saw Mount Hood as well as Mount Rainier. Mediterranean Sea at Alicante (Spain) 2006 9 20 Eric Morgan Between September 16-22, 2006 I attended the European Conference on Digital Librariesin Alicante (Spain). While I was there I made my way to Valencia and Elcheto eat an orange and see a 2,500 year old date grove. The Conference was intellectually stimulating, Valencia was a museum of architectural styles, and I could have spent longer in Elche. I hadn't expected so many dialects of Spanish to be spoken in Alicante, nor did I expect such a dry country side. I enjoyed the tapas much more than the paella. Taking my siestas on the beach was relaxing and unexpectedly beautiful, if you know what I mean. Mendenhall Glacier at Juneau, Alaska 2002 8 15 Dan Smith This water was collected on Dan's trip to visit his relatives. Mill Water at Mission San Jose, San Antonio, TX 2003 6 8 Eric Morgan I collected this water while visiting the Mission of San Jose while the family was on our Driving Around Texas adventure. The water is from the oldest mill in Texas. The missions of Texas are very interesting. While there is not a whole lot to see, they are the physical remnents of Spanish imperialism in the New World. Of all the imperialists, I have gone away thinking that the Spanish had their hearts in the right place, but the mixture of government and business into the process may have given the missionary process a bad taste. Architecturally, missions are a lot like immature castles. Mineral water from Puyehue, Chile 2007 6 5 Kevin Barry Kevin collected this water on one of his adventures to Chile. When he brought it back he first share some at the church's annual water ceremony. He then gave the rest to me. "Thank you, Kevin." Mississippi River at Gateway To The West (St. Louis, MO) 2009 6 9 Eric Morgan

I made it back to the Gateway.

The first time I visited the Gateway to the West was in 1986 or so when Mark Miller and I drove back from Mardi Gra. We were going through St. Louis and I insisted we stop. We did. We touched the arch around 10:30 at night. We were there for about twenty minutes. We go it on audio tape.

The good folks at MLNC offered me the opportunity to give a tele-conference presentation on the topic of open source softwareto interested librarians. The night before I was treated to dinner on The Hill, we ate ice cream at Ted Drewes, and the next morning I bought donuts from the Donut Drive-in. Heck I even got to play some disc golf! The presentation went well, and on the way out town I stopped at the Gateway, again, for twenty or thirty minutes. Only this time I got to see it in the day light.

 Mississippi River at Oak Alley Plantation 2006 6 26 Eric Morgan During the American Library Association Annual Meeting in New OrleansI took some time off to see the devistation from Hurricane Katrina and a few plantations. This is when I collected this particular water. Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls (Minneapolis) 2009 3 19 Eric Celeste Eric Morgan This is water from the Mississippi River at the St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis ( photosand movie). Eric Celeste and I collected it after the Library Technology Conference at Macalaster College where I had the opportunity to give a presentation called Technology Trends and Libraries: So many opportunities. The conference, a regional afaire, was refreshingly small and attended by librarians from a number of surrounding states. Eric was kind enough to tour me around the area a bit, and I believe the most interesting sites were the University's archival "cave" and the Balboa facade. "Thanks Eric!" Morgan Territory Regional Park, CA 2005 6 2 Eric Morgan

The Morgan Territory Nature Preservewas created from a ranch previously owned by a man named Morgan. Originally a '49er from Alabama, and not finding his fortune in gold he returned East for his family and came back to the West Coast. While on a hunting trip he apprectiated the countryside and apparently created a ranch there. The area is now a large park. The walk was clean, peaceful, and relaxing.

I had the opportunity to see this place because I gave my XML workshopfor the folks of the Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory. The nearby windmills were very impressive.

 Natural Bridges State Park, Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz, CA 2004 8 7 Eric Morgan Matthew Morgan Matthew and I got this water while tooling around Monterey Bay. I was in the area giving an updated workshop version of Getting Started with XMLto the folks at the Monterey Bay Area Cooperative Library System. The workshop went well. Matthew and I went disc golfing "on top of the world", saw a mission, visited UC Santa Cruz, made our way to Natural Bridges, and had a nice meal at the very end of the pier. A good time was has by all, and "I found my wallet!" North Channel at Laurentian Isle, Canada 2006 8 16 Pascal Calarco Pascal collected this water for me as he vacationed on his island. Wow, I wish I owned an island! Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park, IN 2004 8 15 Alexandra Morgan Eric Morgan Mary Morgan My family and I gathered this water while adventuring to Brown County. While there we had the Infomotions Annual Meeting, stayed in the Story Inn, experienced hills and Nashville, drove around the country side, and generally had a final fling before school started again. "A good time was had by all." Ohio River at Point Pleasant, OH 2001 8 11 Alexandra Morgan Eric Morgan Mary Morgan Matthew Morgan On our way to South Bend, IN we stopped at the birth place of Ulyses S. Grant. We saw the house he was born in, and collected this water as a memory. Pacific Ocean at Big Sur, CA 2003 3 10 Eric Morgan Matthew Morgan This was the second water I collected from the Driving With Matthew Collection. Matthew and I arrived early in the morning while the sun was still low and the light was interesting. It was fun to watch the waves come through the holes in the rocks. Very rhythmic. As we were leaving more people were arriving including other photographers, a fisherman and his wife, and a few beach goers. Pacific Ocean at La Jolla, CA 2003 3 7 Eric Morgan Matthew Morgan This is the first water from the Driving With Matthew Collection, a set of waters I collected while giving my first Getting Started With XMLstint. Here in La Jolla I got to watch Matthew practice his trade, photography. There were many people on the beach, most of them tourists. As I was collecting the water I videotaped the event. I fell in the water, and Matthew's co-workers roared with laughter. Remember the seals, and remember seeing the '68 Mustang, the car Lincoln, Matthew, and I all initially learned to drive in. Puget Sound at Port Orchard, WA 2004 9 26 Eric Morgan I collected this water while visiting Seattle. I was there to give an open source software workshop, and I had a chance to visit a cousin, her husband, and an aunt. They live on the other side of the Sound from Seattle. In California the common topic of converstaion is the price of housing. In Seattle, the common topic of conversation seems to be public transportation. Reflection Pool, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 2001 9 4 Eric Morgan I collected this water just before I went inside the door of the Libraries on the first day of my new job as Head of the Digital Access and Information Architecture Department. Yes, the water really is blue. Apparently it gets dyed. River Lune, Lancaster, UK 2005 3 5 Martin Halbert Eric Morgan Martin and I got this water after networking with the IESR folks of the United Kingdom. We went over there to learn about their projectwhich is/was very similar to aspects of Project Ockham. When the meeting was over, Martin and I rented a car and droveto the Lake District where we saw lakes, castles, Castlerigg, and the world's largest pencil. We even made it to Scottland where we had a beer. River Teifi at Cenarth Falls, Cenarth, Wales 2002 7 23 Eric Morgan On our way to Ruthin Castle I collected this water. It comes from a mill that used to be operational in the Middle Ages. The mill was nothing to shake a stick at, and the owner was more impresssed with his prehistoric boats. Rock Run at Ralston, PA 2005 7 16 Eric Morgan As I alluded to previously, when I was younger we did not go to the ocean like many of my friends. Instead we went to Marsh Hill, PAwhere the family cabin was located. While we were there we would swim in Lycoming Creek, eat corn on the cob, roast marshmellows, drive around the back roads looking for deer, and visit Rock Run in Ralston. At Rock Run, you will find a water fall of very, very cold water. I collected this water the last time I visited. "I'm refreshed now!" Roman Bath, Bath, UK 2004 10 12 Eric Morgan

I collected this water while attending the European Conference on Digital Libraries, 2004. It was a lot of fun to stand around the Roman Bath drinking wine. After I collected this water one of the waiters came up to me and asked where I gotten it. I did not lie, and he took my water way. "No problem", he said, "I will get you some from the original spring".

While in Bath I toured the countryside. As I was the Ugly American in my Land Rover I saw Stonehenge, Avebury Circle, and Chedder Gorge. The citizens of Bath have every right to proud of the surrounding architecture.

 Roman Forum in Rome, Italy 2002 9 14 Eric Morgan Mary Morgan Mary and I got this water from the Roman Forum while we were vactioning. Well, it wasn't totally a vacation. Late in the Spring of this year I attended a meeting at Emory University to discuss an idea coined OCKHAM -- a proposal to create digital library software in a more modular fashion. Towards the end of the meeting the OCKHAM idea was submitted to the European Conference on Digital Libraries, and lo and behold, the proposal got accepted! Consquently, I was off to Rome help facilitate a plenary panel discussion. Mary went along, and in the process we visited the Roman Forum. Thus, the water. Salto do Itiquira 2008 4 13 Anastasia Guimaraes Nastia thought of my water collection while vacationing in Brazil. She told me her husband's father was a architectural leader in planning some of the cities in Brazil, and while her husband was growing up there he and some of his friends bicycled to this water fall and essentially discovered it. Wow. "Thanks, Nastia!" Salton Sea, CA 2003 3 15 Eric Morgan Matthew Morgan This is my third and last water from the Driving With Matthew Collection. I had finished giving my Getting Started With XMLstints in San Fransisco, Sacremento, and Cerritos, and Matthew and I had returned to San Diego. After all of that driving, Matthew, naturally, wanted to go drive some more, specifically on a dune buggy. We headed about ninety minutes west into the desert where we got on a dune buggy and drove as fast as we desired and anywhere we wanted to go. It was a whole lot of fun! While there we found three photography students driving a brand new Infinity wagon. They were stuck in the mud. As we tried to pull them out I collected this water. Don't open the bottle. You will die from the smell. Dead fish were everywhere. St. Joesph River at Bristol, IN 2002 6 9 Tom Lehman Eric Morgan Elaine Savely We collected this water at the end of a short canoe trip. It is too bad that Elaine was in the front of the boat because she got the brunt of all the sticker bushed and spider webs. Stone Mountain, Atlanta, GA 2002 6 16 Jennifer Hain Eric Morgan Who says you can't get water from a stone. We got this water on an excursion during the 2002 ALA Annual Meeting. Tanana River at Fairbanks, Alaska 2002 8 18 Dan Smith While Dan was not able to collect this water by himself, he had somebody else go down to the river to collect it. He says the Tanana River is the largest glacier-fed stream in the world. Tidal Basin at the Jefferson Memorial (Washington, DC) 2009 5 30 Eric Morgan I had the opportunity to participate in the Computers in Libraries 2009 annual conference. I was lucky because I also had a chance to see the cherry blossom and go to my favorite steak resturant. Linked here are the notes for my presentation about open source software, my travelogue, and my photographs. Enjoy. Tuileries Gardens, Paris (France) 1997 4 17 David Williams David went to Paris for a vacation. He knew I collected water and was adamant getting some for me. This water from the Tuileries is what he brought back. Very nic. "Thank you!" Yellowstone River 2004 8 1 Walter Thurman On the their way back from Montana, the Thurman's brought me this water. "Thank you!" Kevin Barry Mineral water from Puyehue, Chile Laura Bayard Loch Lomond Pascal Calarco Agean Sea at Kos, Greece North Channel at Laurentian Isle, Canada Eric Celeste Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls (Minneapolis) Johanna Foster Lake St. Claire at Windsor, Ontario Anastasia Guimaraes Lago Paranoa, Brazilia (Brazil) Salto do Itiquira Auggie Guimaraes Lago Paranoa, Brazilia (Brazil) Paula Guimaraes Lago Paranoa, Brazilia (Brazil) Jennifer Hain Stone Mountain, Atlanta, GA Martin Halbert Lake Geneva at Jet d Eau, Geneva, Switzerland Marys Peak spring water River Lune, Lancaster, UK Tom Lehman Isabella River in the Boundry Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, MN St. Joesph River at Bristol, IN Marlin Milller Alexandra Morgan Gulf of Mexico at Galveston Island State Park Jimmy Carter Water, Atlanta, GA Lake Michigan at Warren Dunes State Park, IN Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park, IN Ohio River at Point Pleasant, OH Carol Morgan Amazon River, Peru Eric Morgan Atlantic Ocean at Christ of the Abyss statue (Key Largo, FL) Atlantic Ocean at Hay Beach, Shelter Island, NY Atlantic Ocean at Mwnt, Wales Atlantic Ocean at Roch, Wales Atlantic Ocean at St. Justinians, Wales Atlantic Ocean at the Forty Steps (Newport, RI) Baltimore Harbor, Baltimore, MD Bath Creek at Bath, NC Canal surrounding Kastellet, Copenhagen, Denmark Cape Cod Bay at Race Point Caribbean Sea at Lime Cay, Kingston, Jamaica Caribbiean Sea at Robins Bay, Jamaica Darling Harbor, Sydney (Australia) Erie Canal at Fairport, NY Feather River at Paradise, California Fountain at Trg Bana Jelacica Fountain of Youth, St. Augustine, FL Gulf of Mexico at Galveston Island State Park Headwaters of the Missouri River Lake Erie at Cedar Point Amusement Park, OH Lake Geneva at Jet d Eau, Geneva, Switzerland Lake Huron at Sarnia (Canada) Lake Mead at Hoover Dam Lake Michigan at Warren Dunes State Park, IN Lake Ontario at Hamilton, Ontario (Canada) Lancaster Square, Conwy, Wales Marys Peak spring water Mediterranean Sea at Alicante (Spain) Mill Water at Mission San Jose, San Antonio, TX Mississippi River at Gateway To The West (St. Louis, MO) Mississippi River at Oak Alley Plantation Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls (Minneapolis) Morgan Territory Regional Park, CA Natural Bridges State Park, Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz, CA Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park, IN Ohio River at Point Pleasant, OH Pacific Ocean at Big Sur, CA Pacific Ocean at La Jolla, CA Puget Sound at Port Orchard, WA Reflection Pool, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN River Lune, Lancaster, UK River Teifi at Cenarth Falls, Cenarth, Wales Rock Run at Ralston, PA Roman Bath, Bath, UK Roman Forum in Rome, Italy Salton Sea, CA St. Joesph River at Bristol, IN Stone Mountain, Atlanta, GA Tidal Basin at the Jefferson Memorial (Washington, DC) Mary Morgan Jimmy Carter Water, Atlanta, GA Lake Michigan at Warren Dunes State Park, IN Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park, IN Ohio River at Point Pleasant, OH Roman Forum in Rome, Italy Matthew Morgan Lake Michigan at Warren Dunes State Park, IN Natural Bridges State Park, Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz, CA Ohio River at Point Pleasant, OH Pacific Ocean at Big Sur, CA Pacific Ocean at La Jolla, CA Salton Sea, CA Bill Parker Amazon River, Peru Elaine Savely St. Joesph River at Bristol, IN Dan Smith Mendenhall Glacier at Juneau, Alaska Tanana River at Fairbanks, Alaska Walter Thurman Yellowstone River Ken Varnum Lake Huron at Sarnia (Canada) David Williams Tuileries Gardens, Paris (France)