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I was thinking about returning to Penn Dixie sometime next spring after I get settled into my new home this winter but it's a 28 hour drive away from that fine establishment. After some quick research I have come up with a scheme to ship a lot of PD shale encrusted with coral, pyrite, brachiopods, bryozoans, and trilobites from New York to Utah. I'll fly out via round trip from SLC to Buffalo for about $460 and then rather than spend a lot of money on luggage I could just purchase some two large used suitcases at a Goodwill in New York for about $50 (may need to also purchase some duct tape) then use the following service to ship stuff back: https://www.luggageforward.com/excess-baggage-fees/ So travel and shipping for myself and the shale would be about $460 + $50 + $150 = $660 That's not bad. To save even more on cost I could bring my tent with me in my suitcase, rent a car for a few days, and just camp out on the shores of Lake Erie or crash at @DevonianDigger place though I fear if I left any nice trilobites there for the night I may wake up to them missing. Not a bad idea. I'll probably end up preparing some of the trilobites and selling them online to cover the cost of the trip. Unfortunately it takes a solid 6.5-8 hours to fly out to the location so flying out and back will spend up a whole day. Maybe leave on a Tuesday and fly back on Sunday. What are your thoughts? Is this a crazy idea? After some research I'm confident that I can do this. In fact you can even load up your suitcase with rocks in the USA as long as it's a domestic flight. International shipments of rocks is prohibited due to foreign agents (i.e. parasites).