Some of the upscale hotels have transportation arrangements that are either free or pretty low cost. Check with your hotel, if no luck hail a cab or get a limo if the budget allows. Pretty cool way to arrive in style and have fun on the way. Just consider it your first excursion expense.
Dendrochronology is the dating and study of annual rings in trees. The word comes from these roots: ology = the study of. chronos = time; more specifically, events and processes in the past. dendros = using trees; more specifically, the growth rings of trees. Dendrochronologist.
Radiometric dating continues to be the predominant way scientists date geologic timescales. Techniques for radioactive dating have been tested and fine-tuned on an ongoing basis since the 1960s. Forty or so different dating techniques have been utilized to date, working on a wide variety of materials.