Alaskan artist Ray Troll and paleontologist Dr. Kirk Johnson first crossed paths at an exhibition opening of Troll's in Seattle. They quickly discovered they had many interests in common, and a bond was formed. Before long they were planning their first collaboration together: an ambitious fossil and art-filled exhibition called Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway. Together, Johnson and Troll drove over 5,000 miles to explore fossil sites across the Rocky Mountain states. For this exhibition, Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline, they have focused on the prehistoric Pacific, exploring much of the Pacific Coast of North America.

Together Troll and Johnson visited museums, dove into research collections, hung out with scientists and fellow artists, found local fossil enthusiasts and visited active fossil dig sites. They logged more than 250 days of travel, covering more than 10,000 miles in a mixed fleet of cars, boats, helicopters, airliners, bush planes, and one very special minivan they dubbed "The Vanibou."

This exhibition shares the fossil discoveries of Alaska through the eyes of a walrus-and-ammonite-obsessed paleontologist, and an artist with an inordinate fondness for cheeseburgers, ratfish and trilobites.