-----Original Message----- From: Ron Nixon <[log in to unmask]> To: UGA>EDU> <CONCH-L@LISTSERV> Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 4:13 PM Subject: New Subscriber and Questions about Cabo and Kauai >Whew..am I glad to have found you! I am Clair Beckmann..a middle to old >aged banker in Boulder, Colorado who also owns a condo on Sanibel Island and >belongs to the shell club there. My husband and I (mostly me actually!) >love to shell collect. We have been going to Sanibel to Shell for almost 20 >years and the highlight was finding 3 junonia in one day. We love to travel >as well and include shells via snorkeling or beachcombing in our travels. >We recently returned froma two week trip to Fiji with Anne Joffe from She >sells sea shells and we found tons of great stuff. > >My husband is retired and I plan to retire in two years..we have a 16 yr old >daughter and a Golden Retriever and love to read, eat, travel and garden. > >Ok..so several questions. We are going to Cabo San Lucas in October...any >ideas of good beaches to comb or places to snorkel for shells........??? > >We are going to Kauai in November and wonder what spots are good shelling >spots there as well??? > >Also, we would like to travel to Australia and heard someone might take >shelling trips from somewhere downunder..any ideas?? > >And although we met Peggy Williams on our Fiji trip and she in fact told me >about CONCH_L....are there any other people or groups who specialize in >shelling sojurns? I would love to get on their mailing lists. > >THANKS for the help and for being here for us people who dream about shells, >surround ourselves with shells, and are used to people around us here in the >mountains looking at us like we are nuts when we declare our love of shells! > >