Cultural Geography and Recreation

I am always looking for short little videos to show my students and when I can use my own clips, I will do so. But when I did a google search for Recreation Geography and Video clips, I found this one: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/9207-how-to-study-cultures-recreational-groups-video.htm

And here is one I do for Archeology Tourism:

Dark Tourism in Mexico

Got an email from Prof. Phillip Stone, Dark Tourism Researcher and the following link:

http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/news/444550.html

Seems folks want to visit slums in Tepita, "notorious for drug deals, underage prostitution and pirated goods," or pretend to be a refuge travelling at night to cross borders.

Forget Cerveza Fria, go without.

Anticipation Stage of the Recreation Experience

Three months to go until we head south to Martinique for the conference, sponsored, in part by the Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change of the International Geographical Union.

So like any good geographer, I am studying maps, using Google Earth, and reading books on this island. Ahhhh, an arm chair geographer sitting in front of a computer!

Maps besides small scale ones, are hard to come by. I found some available on Amazon and am searching for GIS layers so I can at least create some maps.

I have also used google.fr to help find information, since google.com doesn't provide as much French language information.

another nice weekend in New England

Could it be cyclogenesis? According to the AMS dictionary (http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=cyclogenesis1) is is "to the development of cyclonic circulation" Makes sense eh?

There is a whole mess of good sites out there on the subject. See for example:

http://msx4.pha.jhu.edu/ssip/asat_int/cyclogen.html and

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/weather_systems/cyclogenesis.html

My point of this is that I predict that next weekend (16-17 Oct 2010) it will be a clear weekend, or at least no rain! Why? Well cyclogenesis typically creates a cyclonic disturbance and it takes 4-7 days. That means we get into a cycle of having rain (or snow) every weekend or during the middle of the week or what ever. We get into a "cycle" of having the same kind of weather on the same days of the week. That is, until the cycle is broken. Stay tuned.

Fall Foliage Colours

It is that time of the year when we get the leaf peepers visiting our local forests. Our long weekend is planned out with a trip to the Paradise City Arts and Craft Show (http://www.paradisecityarts.com/) today and tomorrow we are heading to Worthington to visit a Sugar Shack for breakfast and maple syrup (http://highhopesmaple.com/).

yeah, I know it is not maple sugaring season, but what better reason to take a road trip and see the beautiful colors in our Berkshires.

If you are in the States see the Forest Service website for fall foliage (http://www.fs.fed.us/news/fallcolors/)

Warning Americans who travel to Europe

What about warning guests to the US of A? I mean, get ready for a warm and fuzzy (fussy?) welcome to the States.

see http://www.travel.state.gov for the latest fun!

Wet where you are?

For the States, we can monitor rainfall on a dozen websites. But what about stream flows.

See http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt for gauging stations around the country to see the local impact of this heavy precipitation.

Might be good for some water recreation this weekend?