Archive for July, 2010
Oklahoma City Clubs
Oklahoma City clubs are beehives of activity buzzing with entertainment games and beers. One of these is Citywalk a well designed 30000 square foot club that features 7 Dance Clubs in 1 Dueling Piano Bar Small Tequila Bar Discotheque Country Dance Club Techno Dance Club Cigar Bar and Safari Lounge. Rane is a popular dance club that attracts people of all ages. Its tropical rainforest theme is quite an attraction. Green Door is another allages club with a full service bar pool tables video games music and live bands from around the world. If you are looking for great techno mixes and an opportunity to meet new friends LIT is the place to be in. The walls here have great art styles as well.
One of the most important clubs in Oklahoma City is the Bricktown Brewery Restaurant and Pub. Located in the downtown warehouse district it was the first brewpub in the state of Oklahoma when it was opened in 1992. Now it is one of the most wellknown hangout destinations. Entertainment is the norm on Friday and Saturday nights. Many national and local bands have played here including the Dixie Chicks Creed The Doobie Brothers Wakeland Banana Seat and Mollys Yes. Gaming is also big here with 13 billiards tables 4 big screen TVs over 20 interactive video games electronic darts and shuffleboard.
To stimulate those taste buds visit the Bricktown Brewery Restaurant and Pub that lives up to its name and offers a great beer selection including signature beers such as Copperhead Amber Ale Bison American Wheat and Red Brick Ale. Other beers include Land Run Lager Black Gold Stout Rock Island Rail Ale and India Pale Ale.
When at Oklahoma City you just cannot ignore the vibes from the Oklahoma City clubs. It is always party time here!
About the writer: Oklahoma City Hotels The Bricktown Hotel and Convention Center is one of the finest hotels in Oklahoma City and is located only 1.5 miles from Downtown’s Bricktown center. Shuttle services are available to the Oklahoma City clubs from the hotel.
Low Cost Wild Adventures
My own wild adventures include summiting Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador 20600 feet the last 4000 feet over glaciers getting lost in the mountains of Colorado and kayaking days from the nearest road in Canada in sixfoot Lake Superior waves. I may have had more of these trips if I had more money years ago. And of course time can be an issue when you want to have some adventure.
The good news is that some wild adventures aren’t expensive or in faraway places. There is plenty of fun and excitement near home if you look.
My Dirtbagging Adventure
What is dirtbagging? It is simply stripping camping or backpacking down to its essentials. You throw some things in any old pack or duffel bag and get out there. Forget the extensive planning or fancy equipment. Leave extra clothes behind sleep in a pile of leaves or next to a fire and use your wits instead of your wallet for a change.
For example my own dirtbagging trip started with a bus ride near Traverse City Michigan where I lived at the time to the end of the line. I pushed the rubber tube ahead of me onto the bus and the driver looked at that and at my small day pack with a laugh. I got off the bus in a wooded area then walked another halfmile to get to the Boardman River where the road crossed it.
I had a homemade plastic bivy sack a small umbrella some snacks and a few warm things to wear to bed instead of using a sleeping bag. I kept everything in a bundle on my lap as I floated down the river sitting in the inner tube my butt and my feet in the water the whole time. I steered as necessary with my hands.
As evening approached the trout surfaced everywhere. I watched deer jump back from the riverbank as I floated past. Prehistoriclooking blue herons hunted for fish along the edges of the river. I feasted on wild strawberries and other wild plants whenever I took a break. I didn’t need to paddle much instead just going with the flow of the river relaxing and even closing my eyes for a few minutes during the calmer stretches. But the trip still had the element of unpredictability and thus adventure.
The first unpredictable event was the rain. It started when I set up camp and continued for the next twelve hours. I barely stayed dry in my garbage bag bivy sack covering my head with my small umbrella. The next unpredictable event was a large whitetail deer that almost stepped on me in darkness. His snorting scared me half to death. When morning came it was still raining.
It was a thunderstorm actually and I might have waited but unlike a tent a plastic bivy sack doesn’t have enough space to do anything. I decided it was time to go home so I bundled up my things got into the cold river and climbed onto the tube. The storm got worse.
I was soon past the wild stretch of river and I began to drift by beautiful homes that sat along the banks. I was on my tube wearing a heavy sweater umbrella overhead trying to stay warm and dry. Dawn came late because of the storm and I watched people drinking their morning coffee through the windows of lighted kitchens. Occasionally some looked up from their breakfast and saw me in a flash of lightning. I waved and floated by.
Not wanting to put my hands into the icy water I quickly learned how to steer through the rapids using only my feet as paddles. I portaged around a dam through kneedeep mud that nearly took one of my shoes. Finally just before noon I scrambled up the steep bank near the house. I walked down the street in the rain carrying my umbrella my pack and my rubber tube hoping the neighbors were still asleep.
Other Wild Adventures
My friends and I used to drive to a big river an hour away park the car and hike upstream for an hour or more. We would then build a raft of dead trees and float back to the car on it which sometimes involved falling off and chasing the raft. These trips were named “Tom Sawyer Day” and I even did one trip where I took my bicycle twenty miles down the river on a homemade raft through the Manistee National Forest.
Other ideas? Get a book on wild edible plants and take a short survival trek in the nearest woods. Organize your own adventure race with friends. Get on a bicycle start peddling and see where you end up in the next day bring food and water or take a route that has stores. If you use your imagination you can always find some wild adventures that don’t require traveling far or spending a lot of money.
About the writer: Copyright Steve Gillman. To get the ebook “Ultralight Backpacking Secrets And Wilderness Survival Tips” for FREE as well as photos gear recommendations and a new wilderness survival section visit: http://www.TheUltralightSite.com
Let Life Pass You By On Your Australia Tour
When taking a ride on The Great South Pacific Express sample many great destinations like Sydney the capital city of Canberra and on your way to the Great Barrier Reef tropical Cairns provides your Australia Tour fix. The Great South Pacific Express features solid red cedar wood walls myrtle burl panels and stained glass roofs making the train one of the most luxurious trains in all of the world.
The Queensland Rail and Venice Simplon Orient Express came together to produce a train that is 20 cars long with excellent sleeping carriages. These carriages are all en suite and air conditioned making it the equivalent to a 4 star hotel on rails. With a variety of restaurant and lounge cars the Express specializes in personal service with a distinctive European style. This is obtained by placing a steward in every carriage to assure optimum passenger satisfaction Also a pianist provides entertainment while you enjoy views from the Observation car making it an excellent place to observe the scenery as it waltzes by you.
If you are tired of being a passenger of planes trains and automobiles why not take a safari to see what the real Australia has to offer. Like judging a book by its cover there are volumes of fantastic attractions that can not be seen from the side of the road. Like age old African safaris get off the beaten path or any path at all in a 4 wheel drive vehicle. Visit the infamous Outback desert or in contrast a balmy tropical rainforest. With so many national parks and deserted beaches it is like having your own private country.
Locations you must see start in cities such as Darwin and Uluru where you can explore the Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks Kings Canyoun and the Uluru rock mataranka and more. While in the area the Atherton Tablelands Katherine Gorge and many outback cattle stations are quite intriguing. While traveling the coastline near Melbourne check out the seals at Cape Bridgewater or discover Coorong National Park or travel the Great Ocean Road.
Near Adelaide you can check out the Barossa Valley wineries and explore the outback mining community of Coober Pedy. Natural wonders include the regal Flinders ranges and Wilpena Pond. On the way from Sydney to Cairns take a moment to fondly reflect on Byron bay see working sheep farms and take time out to relax on the beach at Surfers Paradise or set sail sampling the islands in the Witsundays.
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