Welcome Melissa,
You now have the whole world (of shells) in your hands. This is a very
international community you have joined so wherever you travel you will have
contacts and people to visit. You are certainly not alone in your love for
collecting shells.
Best wishes,
Bruce
 
At 16:20 13/04/98 EDT, Hamiltonmh wrote:
>My name is Melissa Hamilton, and I'm new to this group (just joined today).
>
>I grew up in Alabama and began collecting shells as a child along the Alabama
>coast, but I saw my first really amazing shells on Botany Island in South
>Carolina,  when I was 19.   I don't know if any of you know that area (near
>Edisto Island, close to Charleston), but it's pretty spectacular, I think, for
>shelling.
>
>I'm 31 now and living in Los Angeles, and I've continued to collect - very
>much an amateur, as I've only begun learning the names of various shells in
>the past few years, but I do love it - I usually plan my vacations around
>shelling.  I didn't know anyone else did this until I read some of this
>group's old messages this morning.:)   How nice to know I'm not alone.
>
>
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