A Scary Archaeological Trip

No, it's not a new discovery, it was just an eye opening experience for me while I was fossil hunting today with the puppies. Like any normal day, I got on my Columbia hiking shoes (no this is not an ad, they're new and I love them *smile*), grabbed my water bottle, and headed down the trail.

I found this area brimming with fossilized bones from animals a few weeks ago and thought, why not explore the evidence a bit further. I had my trowel in hand and the dogs pulling my other arm in another direction. Why, I'm not sure. Imagine two dogs wanting nothing to do with animals bones. It's a bit bizarre to tell you truth, but to be honest, I'm not sure why there are so many in one place. There could be someone living in the forest and this is their so called pit of bones.

No sooner then I tried to start picking around, I felt like I was shot in the shoulder. I've had bee and wasp stinks, but this was worse. I could feel the pain rush down my arm and the right shoulder blade was killing me. I immediately grabbed my shoulder to try and dull the pain. I was looking behind me at the same time and saw nothing and nobody. Needless to say, I started I turned around and started running back home and I don't run.

I just got home an hour ago and looked at my back. There's a huge welt but no stinger inside the wound, as I tried to scrape it with a butter knife. I'm at a loss and a bit freaked out. Either someone doesn't want me near those bones and shot me with a pellet or it was something supernatural.

What do you think? Isn't it strange?

How Do Archaeologists Afford to Travel All Over the World For Digs?

Starting in August, I will begin a grueling 4 semesters of 13 courses on my way to completing a Ph. D. When I say on my way I mean I still have a long road and many years left to complete. The difference these next two years will bring is that I will be traveling much more and hopefully studying abroad during the summer at Oxford. So is it possible to actually find coupons for airfare and still get discounts on top of that with the travel sites? The answer is yes.

Depending on where I or possibly you as an archaeologist plan to travel to, there are several airlines that go out of their way to make sure you book with them first. Personally, there's only one airline I use for personal travel and to fly my mom here to Florida and  that's Southwest. No matter if it's a spur of the moment family vacation or you're just looking for discounts for your next dig a few months early, I suggest looking online for Southwest coupons.

There are several digs going in Turkey, Bulgaria, and Spain that I'm looking into through the Archaeological Institute of America. Those digs however cost a substantial amount of money and I'm still only a student working as a freelance writer and on financial aid. The digs can range anywhere from a few hundred dollars  to thousands and that doesn't include airfare. Airfare isn't cheap, especially when in my case I'm flying out of Florida. So what options do I have?

I consider myself a pretty savvy computer geek, so I did what do best and that's surf the net for hours to find ways to save money on travel. Since some of you don't have the luxury I have this summer to write for 12 hours a day, I'm going to share some resources I found. Resources I plan on using!

Southwest Packages-Any combination of theme park, hotel, and airfare you can think of is included on this site. Over 40% in savings on some tickets and deep discounts for hotel rooms.

Orbitz Deals-Save up to 50% on travel packages including airfare.

Look around the site and see how much you can save as an avid traveler. It took me hours just to find a site that I trusted enough to print out coupons and codes that I know the airlines will honor.