Glen J. Kuban

Contents

• Safety
  
• Equipment & supplies
• Weather
• Maps
• Lodging (Motels, Hotels, Campgrounds, B & Bs)
• Airline (Fares, reservations & airport info)
• Auto travel & auto rentals
• General Travel Guides

FIELD TRIP SAFETY

• Fossil Field Trip Safety - An excerpt from Glen Kuban's book Introduction to Fossil Collecting

• Important safety precautions when cutting rocks and fossils

• Paleontological Society Code of Fossil Collecting - Covers ethics and responsibilities of fossil collecting.

FIELD TRIP EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

• Field Trip Checklist by Glen Kuban. - Extensive list of items typically used on a fossil field trip. Useful for packing and making sure you don't forget something.

• Collecting Equipment and Methods by Glen Kuban. - Describes useful tools, supplies, and collecting tips for a typical fossil field trip.

• List compiled by Timothy Huang.

WEATHER

• The Lighthouse - On Line Weather Information

• CNN Weather - Search by Region, State, City

• The Weather Channel - Includes flight information also.

• Weather Net

• The National Weather Service

MAPS

• Map Quest - Find and produce maps of almost any location.

• City.Net Includes country-wide address locator, interactive maps, hotel reservations, and information on tours and destinations.

• U.S. Geologic Survey Mapping site

• USGS Maps

LODGING (Motels, Hotels, Camping, Bed & Breakfasts)

• Rooms Plus Travel Guide - Find Motels, Campgrounds, and Bed-and-Breakfasts almost anywhere. Probably the most complete motel directory on the net.

• Motel and Hotel 800 numbers (all major chains)

• Travel-Link Hotel & Motel Directory Mostly hotels, some motels.

• InnRoads Good directory of Inns and Bed-and-Breakfasts

• Prospernet Travel Guide - Directories for hotels, Bed-and-breakfasts, campgrounds, travel agents, and more.

• Travelocity One-stop travel information.

AIRLINES (Fares, Reservations, Airport Info)

• Travel Link with Cheap Fare Finder Allows quick & easy searches for cheapest airline fares

• QuickAID Airport Directory Includes Airport maps, car rentals, restaurants, yellow pages, banks, etc.

• Airport Infoguides Includes list of toll free numbers for car rentals and hotels near airports