The Recession Doesn’t Spare Travel & Tourism

A report from the Wall Street Journal states travel is down. Duhhh! People are looking for deals and ways to save money on lodging (cheaper motels, family and camping), meals (making their own), entertainment (cards) and travel (stay closer to home, staycations).

When someone has to choose between eating and travel, guess what goes first?

Post your photos on http://www.panoramio.com/

There are a bunch of websites where you can post your photos, but Panoramio let's you map them on Google Earth. I use Google Earth as a way to explore places I have visited, plan to visit or wish to. Google Earth has made people all Photogrammetrists! See http://www.panoramio.com/user/2492564 for my photos.

thank you .... YouTube

There is nothing like a Grateful dead show. Period.

Favorite Weather Website?

Weather is real important in recreation. You want snow for snow skiing, a good rain to plant your garden and before you paddle a dry river, and sunshine for a hike. Well maybe. For a decent weather website for the non-meteorologist, I go to the Weather Underground at http://www.wunderground.com/. It provides a bunch of useful information about the weather conditions around the world including star charts. Check it out.

RTS Discussion List

Here are the instructions to log into the Recreation Tourism and Sport Speciality Group of the AAG.

"The Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers sponsors the RTSNET e-mail discussion list. It is managed by Alan A. Lew and exists to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among geographers and other scientists or practitioners who are interested in leisure research, especially that with a spatial (geographic) component. It is open to all interested parties, not just RTSers. It is not moderated, meaning that the messages are not screened."

Jing

Just found out about this cool app where you can create a video with your voice describing something. For example, I pulled up an animated map showing the weather patterns in the Caribbean and described the movement of the storms across the region. This is saved as a Flash file and can be uploaded to a website or emailed to a friend.

Geography? Tracking my coffee shipment

Check out this tracking list for my Costa Rica coffee:

7593503492 - Detailed Report
Date Time Location Service Area Checkpoint Details
May 29, 2009

15:33
San Jose - Costa Rica Shipment picked up
May 29, 2009

20:30
San Jose - Costa Rica Processed at San Jose - Costa Rica
May 29, 2009

20:56
San Jose - Costa Rica Processed at San Jose - Costa Rica
May 29, 2009

21:06
San Jose - Costa Rica Departed from DHL facility in San Jose - Costa Rica
May 29, 2009

21:33
San Jose - Costa Rica Processed at San Jose - Costa Rica
May 29, 2009

21:35
San Jose - Costa Rica Arrived at DHL facility in San Jose - Costa Rica
May 29, 2009

22:25
San Jose - Costa Rica Processed at San Jose - Costa Rica
May 29, 2009

22:58
San Jose - Costa Rica Transferred through San Jose - Costa Rica
May 29, 2009

22:59
San Jose - Costa Rica Departed from DHL facility in San Jose - Costa Rica
May 30, 2009

01:29
Panama City - Panama Processed at Panama City - Panama
May 30, 2009

03:15
Panama City - Panama Departed from DHL facility in Panama City - Panama
May 30, 2009

14:28
Miami, FL - USA Arrived at DHL facility in Miami, FL - USA
May 30, 2009

14:28
Miami, FL - USA Clearance processing complete at Miami, FL - USA
May 30, 2009

14:36
Miami, FL - USA Processed at Miami, FL - USA
May 31, 2009

06:59
Miami, FL - USA Departed from DHL facility in Miami, FL - USA
May 31, 2009

10:58
Wilmington - USA Arrived at DHL facility in Wilmington - USA
May 31, 2009

13:03
Wilmington - USA Processed at Wilmington - USA
May 31, 2009

17:02
Wilmington - USA Departed from DHL facility in Wilmington - USA
June 01, 2009

07:11
West Hartford - USA With delivery courier
June 01, 2009

07:14
West Hartford - USA Scheduled for delivery
June 01, 2009

17:00
West Hartford - USA Shipment delivered