Hallowe'en Movies

Want a list of free horror and sci fi films for your Hallowe'en Parties?  Check out one of my favorite websites archive.org at this specific place.

Where else can you find Night of the Living Dead, along side with Plan 9 from Outer Space?  Enjoy streaming White Zombie, or Spider Baby. 

And the titles are free to download to watch again and again.

Obscure titles are found too and include The Brain that Wouldn't Die, or The Screaming Skull.

good stuff, eh?

In the meantime, enjoy Zontar, the Thing from Venus.

Costa Rica this winter

Been a while since we traveled to Costa Rica. home of the best coffee in the world, Cafe Rey.

Always a joy to connect in Miami (yikes), so I might try to shift to Charlotte if I can.  Much more sane.  Even with Global Entry, returning home is always a hassle.

Anyway, we will hit the volcano region and the Pacific coast to enjoy the best the country has to offer.

¡Pura Vida! 

HALLOWEEN SPENDING TO REACH $9 BILLION

Spending appears to be leveling off.  After all I still use a costume I bought a way back.  What will you be wearing to work on the 31st?

Read about "A study of Fright Tourism during Hallowe’en" at this scary link.

44 years ago today

On this date in 1974, I was hiking south on the AT, when I slipped on some wet leaves and broke the frame of my Trailwise backpack (think Colin Fletcher).  That was the straw that broke the camel's back and I left the trail on US Route 20 and walked into Lee, Massachusetts.

There I bought a bus ticket to NYC and changed my clothes in the local Police Department while I waited for the bus.

Shortly before midnight, I was home in Maryland.

I returned to the trail in the spring and early summer in 1975 to complete my 2000 mile hike.

On this date....

Fall Foliage Tourism

While checking out the color in the Berkshires, how about some breakfast? Besides getting some really good maple syrup, in the fall Halloween welcomes you to your meal.

A great combo, Fall Foliage, Maple Syrup Breakfast, and Halloween.

Hurricane Michael coming ashore soon

For the latest advisory on this big storm, see here.  General information and graphics will be found at this site.  Dangerous flooding from the storm surge is expected. Move inland immediately.

But for crazy surfers, the storm brings crazy waves.  Be careful.

Granville Harvest Festival 2018

37th Annual
Granville Harvest Fair
Columbus Day Weekend 2018

Grab some apples!

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium 2019

This is the National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium (NERR) call for abstracts and scholarships for the 2019 meeting. Please see the attached document for specific details on abstract submission and application for student scholarships. More information on on travel, registration, and lodging can be found at: www.esf.edu/nerr/  

Some key information about...

Abstract submission:

- Deadline: October 28th, 2018

- Length: No more than 500 words

- Submit by email to Dr. Carla Barbieri (carla_barbieri@ncsu.edu) 

Scholarship application: A limited number of scholarships are available to facilitate student attendance. Scholarships will cover the symposium registration fee. 

- Deadline: October 28th, 2018 

- Application materials: A one-page cover letter & a letter of recommendation from a faculty member (see instructions in the attached document).

- Submit by email to Dr. Carla Barbieri (carla_barbieri@ncsu.edu)   

Conference information: 

- Venue: Annapolis Hotel (formerly Lowes Hotel), Annapolis, MD (thirty miles from Washington DC!)

- Dates:  April 7-9, 2019. Note this date is immediately after AAG in Washington, DC!

NERR is an interdisciplinary conference broadly related to parks, recreation, tourism, and affiliated disciplines (e.g., human dimensions of natural resources, environmental education, etc). Past attendees include scholars, practitioners, and industry representatives with an interest in the applied sciences related to the environment, among many others.   

Hope to see y'all at NERR!