<p>alumother,</p>
<p>Yes, but we can't go see UC Santa Cruz, tough assignment that it is, I know. Shucks, you might need to overnight it and stay in Monterey...</p>
<p>Another tough visit is UCSB. Yes, a visit to U. Mass or U. Rhode Island is soooo much more interesting.</p>
<p>newmass dad, my dd is involved in fossil hunting too, where is your goin to go and will she continue to be involved?</p>
<p>Concede - UCSB is a premier college/vacation destination. I hear they are going to start listing it on Expedia. And I bet some of kind of shellfish died there some point around a century ago and there must be fossils somewhere...If I were going to be really rude and ignore all decency I might joke that fossils abound in Montecito. However, since I have a v. close relative in SB, I will forego the joke, for now at least.</p>