Hi Girl,

Okay, spill the beans, when are you leaving for China? Can you share your itinerary?

When you get back, we expect a full report. No lines like, I went to China, learned a lot and am glad to be home.

Speaking of field trips, our fellow poster Don was out giving a seismic tour to another board member and friends down in Parkfield today. He even saw a coyote heading across one of the open pastures in broad daylight. That's the first one he's seen down there and was quite surprised to see it in the daytime.

I was really, really envious and had to keep on the straight and narrow and go to work today. No free rides for this girl this weekend, its wall to wall homework. Darn.

I hope your trip to China is a truly marvelous experience. We'll be missing you greatly when you're gone.

Petra