UK Swelters, so how about pictures of Red Rock Canyon

Oh yeah, https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/temperature/heatwave

Boeing's nightmare

It has been over four months since I had a first hand experience with the Boeing 737 Max cancellation fever.  I was returning home from Nevada when I got a text alerting me that a delay would mean I would miss my connection later that day.  Scrambling around to find my options, we opted to take the delayed flight, spend a night in Dallas - Fort Worth and make the connection the next day.

Sorry folks, red eyes are not my idea of fun, although I realize it is a function of those transatlantic flights we need to do to get across the Big Pond.

Seems that the grounded that day in March has caused thousands of rescheduled flights, cancellations of orders from airlines for new planes and is otherwise is a big pain.

Also seems to be a time of name calling, from blaming Boeing, the airlines and the federal government for pawning off the responsibility of regulatory oversight.

Seems to be a time to increase regulations, if not to reduce deaths, but the economic pain experienced by the airlines AND the consumer since the market place has failed here.

And while deaths in aircraft pales in comparison to auto deaths, when it happens, it is quite dramatic.

You think it was hot this past weekend? More Pictures of Death Valley

Today, on the moon

Fifty years ago, where were you?

I wrote about my location during the moon walk two years ago.

And today, while not in camp, I do want to celebrate this date in history and encourage more exploration in Space.

Today, go to Google for a short video and for more information.

Truly, Space is the final frontier.

Fireworks and Fourth

or should it be Fourth and Fireworks. Anyway, we tend to celebrate the Fourth of July with massive fireworks. I was in the Midwest over the holiday and tents lined city streets selling the latest boom, sparkle or smoke.  I bought these items at a local grocery store for our post BBQ show.

Maybe next hire we can hire this company to do a bigger show?

But probably not.

Mad Magazine

Mad Magazine is dead.  So sad to read this news.  The long lost piece of my child growth, Mad Magazine is ending a fantastic career in print media.  Of course, I have not been a faithful reader these past few decades, but I am still sad.

In the meantime, you can read some of the issues on my favorite website.

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

Special issue of the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

Tourism and The Night (11:3)

Guest Editors: Andrew Smith (University of Westminster, UK) and Adam Eldridge (University of Westminster, UK)

Editorial

Tourism and the night: towards a broader understanding of nocturnal city destinations

Adam Eldridge & Andrew Smith

Articles

Decoding middle-class protest against low-cost nocturnal tourism in Madrid

Begoña Aramayona & Rubén García-Sánchez

Gentrification, tourism and the night-time economy in Budapest's district VII – the role of regulation in a post-socialist context

Gergely Olt, Melanie Kay Smith, Adrienne Csizmady & Ivett Sziva

Commuting and the urban night: nocturnal mobilities in tourism and hospitality work

Anna Plyushteva

Strangers in the night: nightlife studies and new urban tourism

Adam Eldridge

Nocturnal ritual activities in tourist development of pilgrimage cities

Marie-Hélène Chevrier

Residents versus visitors at light festivals in cities: the case of Barcelona

Raquel Camprubí & Lluís Coromina

Fairy tale tourism: the architectural projection mapping of magically real and irreal festival lightscapes

Jane Lovell & Howard Griffin