Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

Hearse Con: Gary (white), Zach (black), and Ghostbusters; then parade 15th Annual Emma Crawford 2009 Coffin Races * 1-800-642-2567 * manitousprings.org* 12 pm – 3 pm * Every October * Manitou Springs, ColoradoThis is one of the spectacular festivals that makes Manitou Springs sorta-unique especially as a place where people can be strange, different, and [...]

Flash News Update: Colorado Springs 3rd Infection photograph by Steve Carlin The Third Annual Colorado Springs Zombie Crawl and 80′s Dance PartyEvery October * Downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado * Every year, the zombie clans of Manitou Springs, Colorado Springs, Denver, and surrounding areas take over the streets of majorly populated city centers in Colorado. Some [...]

Third Zombie Outbreak in Colorado SpringsuWorld News Press: October 24, 2009: 0300 – Colorado Springs, Colorado photograph by Steve Carlin This has been the 3rd reported outbreak of zombie virus (feH1N1z) in Colorado Springs. This small city thought they were done with it. But each year, it seems to re-surface. First in 2007 with roughly [...]

Northwest Airlines Flight NW 217 from Portland (PDX) to Honolulu (HNL) on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Journeying on one of my favorite all-time airlines, Northwest, which appears merged with Delta, journeying to one of my all time desired locations to visit – Hawaii. This completes my visiting all 50 of the United States. It was [...]

HI-Wakiki, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Hostelling international Waikiki, Hale Aloha Hostel2417 Prince Edward Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96815 * 808 926 8313. http://www.hostelsaloha.com * $33.75 cash for room *The HI-Wakiki is a friendly youth hostel within a couple of mini-blocks from the beach. Excellent and affordable hotspot for budget tourists from around the world. The rooms are [...]

Wakiki, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Wakiki, Honolulu, Oahu, HawaiiI had the pleasure of spending my first night in Waikīkī which is a neighborhood of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii. I spent my time there on the beach and in the Wakiki-HI youth hostel. Wakiki means “spouting fresh water” in Hawaiian, [...]

Faerieworlds Day 3 Faerieworlds * Day 3 : Family Faerie Day* Faerieworlds * Mt. Pisgah Arboretum * Eugene, Oregon * Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 * The final day in the triad of adventure in Faerieworlds. Today’s theme was “Family Faerie Day” and quite a few families with their plentitudes of children attended since kids 12 [...]

Faerieworlds Day 2 Faerieworlds Day 2: Bad Faeries Day : Faerieworlds 2009: August 1st, 2009 www.faerieworlds.com Day Two was “Bad Faeries Day” of the Faerieworlds Festival for 2009. As we were campiang, a nice restful sleep, and the ability to enjoy the nature at the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum in the fields and the forests, swimming [...]

Delhi 2 Dublin – Day 2 @ FaerieworldsFaerieworlds * August 1, 2009 * 5:45 – 7 pm * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * I had heard of Delhi 2 Dublin and rave reviews of their music. But I never “heard” them. What a sensational band! The Irish fusion with Indian hop really made me want [...]