Travel Bug Events

Events are at 5 pm unless specified otherwise

Subject	Date	Category	Presenter	Description
Financial Fridays!	Fri May 01	SPECIAL	Emily Estes	Join us and Emily Estes (Financial Advisor, Edward Jones) the first Friday of every month for an informal, but informative way to enjoy your evening! From 5:15-5:45pm Emily will cover various financial topics to help you live a life worth living. Stay after the talk until 6:30pm for the Q&A, casual discussion, and a beer!
Greenland	Sat May 02	Slide Show	Mark Meyers	In August of 2025, Mark enjoyed slow travel by ferry along the west coast of Greenland from Nuuk to Illulissat with stops in colorful villages along the way. Highlights included views of massive icebergs, hiking through rugged landscapes, and learning about Inuit culture.
Sincerely: Poetry Open Mic	Sun May 03	SPECIAL	Flowering Poetry Club	Flowering Poetry Club presents Sincerely, a public open mic night for poets. This event 's theme is unsent letters, which can include real letters you 've written, but haven 't sent or poems resembling love letters detailing the experience of yearning, letters about grief or loss, postcard like sentiments about travel, adventure, exploration. To read at this event simply show up and sign up at the door! No RSVP necessary. From 4-5pm (ish)
Travel Bug Book Discussion	Tue May 05	Book Group	Aimee Gwynne Franklyn	Tuesday, May 5th 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER "Blandine isn 't like the other residents of her building. An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents -- neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of Vacca Vale, Indiana. Welcome to the Rabbit Hutch. Ethereally beautiful and formidably intelligent, Blandine shares her apartment with three teenage boys she neither likes nor understands, all, like her, now aged out of the state foster system that has repeatedly failed them, all searching for meaning in their lives. Set over one sweltering week in July and culminating in a bizarre act of violence that finally changes everything, Tess Gunty 's The Rabbit Hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary America, a gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and longing, entrapment and, ultimately, freedom. "
Tales of the South Pacific	Sat May 09	Slide Show	Ken Collins	TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC: A CRUISE FROM TAHITI TO NEW ZEALAND In March of 2025, Ken and his husband, Bob, took a small ship (550 passengers) cruise from Papeete, Tahiti to Auckland, New Zealand, with stops along the way in French Polynesia, American Samoa, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the North Island of New Zealand. At every island they had an opportunity to explore on their own, book a shore excursion or snorkeling expedition. Once the cruise was over, they rented a car for a week and explored some of New Zealand. Highlights included: spectacular national parks that offer fabulous hiking, the famous glow-worm caves, and the Art Deco town of Napier.
Wandering in the Clear Light of New Mexico	Sat May 16	Slide Show	David Ryan	With our great climate, anytime is perfect for exploring our fantastic state. Join us on Saturday, May 16 as David Ryan shows us many of the special places that you can only find in New Mexico – places that are compelling and important enough to warrant a trip across the country to check out. To begin, the nation has only 26 UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites. Three of them are in New Mexico. That’s more than any other state. And when you throw in our amazing landscapes, places of cultural and historical significance, and our sense of place, you have an amazing state for hiking, wandering, and exploring. It’s unlikely that any other state can match New Mexico for amazing places to explore.
E-Bike Adventuring	Sat May 23	Slide Show	Sandra Corso
Camden to Kathmandu	Sat May 30	Slide Show	Bruce Berlin
Travel Bug Book Discussion	Tue Jun 02	Book Group	Aimee Gwynne Franklyn	Tuesday June 2nd 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Every Exit Brings You Home by Naeem Murr Every Exit Brings You Home, Naeem Murr 's first book in two decades — is a profound, bittersweet portrait of a Gazan immigrant 's heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy. As a financial crisis looms, Jamal "Jack " Shaban is trying to save his neighbors from bankruptcy. But who is Jack, really? For his flight attendant colleagues, he 's an object of desire, even love, particularly for his sweetly bawdy Wisconsinite best friend, Birdy. Birdy knows nothing about Dimra, Jack 's traditional Muslim wife, with whom Jack is desperate to have a child. Nor does Dimra know about Jack 's attraction to Marcia: an angry single mom new to the building. The resulting tangle of love, desire, and conflict returns Jack to the violence of 1980s Gaza, where a taboo affair nearly destroyed his life. A man of many sides—adulterer, devoted husband, fixer, community leader, liar, and the survivor of human and cosmic cruelty in both the past and the novel 's present—Jack is a paragon of both desire and hope, someone who has committed to love because the alternative is utter darkness. A gorgeous blend of gentle comedy and poignant tragedy, of blasted hopes and one man 's indomitable dedication to the well-being of others, this is a book to love and never forget.
Financial Fridays!	Fri Jun 05	SPECIAL	Emily Estes	Join us and Emily Estes (Financial Advisor, Edward Jones) the first Friday of every month for an informal, but informative way to enjoy your evening! From 5:15-5:45pm Emily will cover various financial topics to help you live a life worth living. Stay after the talk until 6:30pm for the Q&A, casual discussion, and a beer!
New Zealand an ambassadors view	Sat Jun 06	Slide Show	Tom Udall	The first settlers of New Zealand - around 800 or 900 years ago - called the islands Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. It still works
Travel Tips: Monthly Discussion	Thu Jun 11	SPECIAL	Ken and Rochelle	Insiders ' Tips for Planning a Successful Trip: Thursday, June 11th from 4:30pm-6pm Have you traveled to far off, exciting places? Or are you getting ready to embark on a new adventure? Are you interested in issues relating to travel in general, such as budget ideas or personal security? Join us in our new monthly travel discussion group where you can share some of your favorite travel experiences, practical advice, and general travel topics at our monthly meetings. This discussion group is for people who have visited a particular destination and want to share their experiences or advice and for those seeking tips, advice, and stories relating to international travel. Everyone welcome! Ken Collins and Rochelle Gerratt will facilitate the meetings. Ken is a frequent presenter at The Travel Bug and a global traveler with a Web site containing practical advice on various destinations. Rochelle has led over 60 domestic and international trips for the Sierra Club and other groups, including her own adventure travel company.
Chad	Sat Jun 13	Slide Show	Scott Lindenau	Tchad, land-locked by Saharan neighbors is seldom visited but its endless horizons, craggy landforms and ancient rock-art sites offer the intrepid traveler stunning rewards. This adventure takes you over the Saharan dunes into the desolate Ennedi Massif and to the remote outposts of Fada and Faya-Largeau where the Tuareg, Teda and Dazaga cultures survive.
Vietnam: Land of Contrasts	Sat Jun 20	Slide Show	Charryl Berger
Traveling the 1837 Ioway Map	Sat Jun 27	Slide Show	Bill Green
Financial Fridays!	Fri Jul 03	SPECIAL	Emily Estes	Join us and Emily Estes (Financial Advisor, Edward Jones) the first Friday of every month for an informal, but informative way to enjoy your evening! From 5:15-5:45pm Emily will cover various financial topics to help you live a life worth living. Stay after the talk until 6:30pm for the Q&A, casual discussion, and a beer!
NO SHOW 4TH OF JULY	Sat Jul 04	CANCELED	NO SHOW
Travel Bug Book Discussion	Tue Jul 07	Book Group	Aimee Gwynne Franklyn	Tuesday July 7th 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Mother Mary Comes to Me is an intimate chronicle, "full of precise imagery and blistering emotional intelligence " (The Washington Post), of the relationship between two women, a school teacher and a writer, who happen to be mother and daughter. Roy writes with a novelist 's unsettling ability to be inside her own story as well as outside it, simultaneously child and adult, attached and detached, protagonist and narrator. "Heart-smashed " by Mary 's death, yet puzzled and "more than a little ashamed " by the intensity of her response, Roy began to write, to make sense of her feelings about the mother she ran from at age eighteen, "not because I didn 't love her, but in order to be able to continue to love her. " She describes how she came to be the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her relationship to her extraordinary, singular mother Mary, who she describes as "my shelter and my storm ".
Bicycle Tour Vietnam	Sat Jul 11	Slide Show	Knox Kinlaw
Oman	Sat Jul 18	Slide Show	Rebekah Kanter
From Whence the Ukrainians?	Sat Jul 25	Slide Show	Dennis Reinhartz	One of the principal justifications given by Putin for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now is in its fifth year, is that Ukrainians are “wayward” Russians manipulated by “fascists,” and that he is trying to liberate them and bring them home into the historic Russian nation. But are they really? To answer this question, this presentation will examine the evolution of the Ukrainians, and by necessity that of the Russians, over the last millennium. Ultimately, it will be shown that the Ukrainians are not Russians, wayward or otherwise, that Putin’s motivations for the invasion are more convoluted. This talk will be illustrated with numerous period and contemporary images, maps, and other graphics.
AVAILABLE	Sat Aug 01	AVAILABLE
AVAILABLE	Sat Aug 08	AVAILABLE
Tunisia	Sat Aug 15	Slide Show	Rebekah Kanter

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Subject	Date	Description
Financial Fridays!	Fri May 01	Join us and Emily Estes (Financial Advisor, Edward Jones) the first Friday of every month for an informal, but informative way to enjoy your evening! From 5:15-5:45pm Emily will cover various financial topics to help you live a life worth living. Stay after the talk until 6:30pm for the Q&A, casual discussion, and a beer!
Greenland	Sat May 02	In August of 2025, Mark enjoyed slow travel by ferry along the west coast of Greenland from Nuuk to Illulissat with stops in colorful villages along the way. Highlights included views of massive icebergs, hiking through rugged landscapes, and learning about Inuit culture.
Sincerely: Poetry Open Mic	Sun May 03	Flowering Poetry Club presents Sincerely, a public open mic night for poets. This event 's theme is unsent letters, which can include real letters you 've written, but haven 't sent or poems resembling love letters detailing the experience of yearning, letters about grief or loss, postcard like sentiments about travel, adventure, exploration. To read at this event simply show up and sign up at the door! No RSVP necessary. From 4-5pm (ish)
Travel Bug Book Discussion	Tue May 05	Tuesday, May 5th 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER "Blandine isn 't like the other residents of her building. An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents -- neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of Vacca Vale, Indiana. Welcome to the Rabbit Hutch. Ethereally beautiful and formidably intelligent, Blandine shares her apartment with three teenage boys she neither likes nor understands, all, like her, now aged out of the state foster system that has repeatedly failed them, all searching for meaning in their lives. Set over one sweltering week in July and culminating in a bizarre act of violence that finally changes everything, Tess Gunty 's The Rabbit Hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary America, a gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and longing, entrapment and, ultimately, freedom. "
Tales of the South Pacific	Sat May 09	TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC: A CRUISE FROM TAHITI TO NEW ZEALAND In March of 2025, Ken and his husband, Bob, took a small ship (550 passengers) cruise from Papeete, Tahiti to Auckland, New Zealand, with stops along the way in French Polynesia, American Samoa, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the North Island of New Zealand. At every island they had an opportunity to explore on their own, book a shore excursion or snorkeling expedition. Once the cruise was over, they rented a car for a week and explored some of New Zealand. Highlights included: spectacular national parks that offer fabulous hiking, the famous glow-worm caves, and the Art Deco town of Napier.
Wandering in the Clear Light of New Mexico	Sat May 16	With our great climate, anytime is perfect for exploring our fantastic state. Join us on Saturday, May 16 as David Ryan shows us many of the special places that you can only find in New Mexico – places that are compelling and important enough to warrant a trip across the country to check out. To begin, the nation has only 26 UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites. Three of them are in New Mexico. That’s more than any other state. And when you throw in our amazing landscapes, places of cultural and historical significance, and our sense of place, you have an amazing state for hiking, wandering, and exploring. It’s unlikely that any other state can match New Mexico for amazing places to explore.
E-Bike Adventuring	Sat May 23
Camden to Kathmandu	Sat May 30
Travel Bug Book Discussion	Tue Jun 02	Tuesday June 2nd 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Every Exit Brings You Home by Naeem Murr Every Exit Brings You Home, Naeem Murr 's first book in two decades — is a profound, bittersweet portrait of a Gazan immigrant 's heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy. As a financial crisis looms, Jamal "Jack " Shaban is trying to save his neighbors from bankruptcy. But who is Jack, really? For his flight attendant colleagues, he 's an object of desire, even love, particularly for his sweetly bawdy Wisconsinite best friend, Birdy. Birdy knows nothing about Dimra, Jack 's traditional Muslim wife, with whom Jack is desperate to have a child. Nor does Dimra know about Jack 's attraction to Marcia: an angry single mom new to the building. The resulting tangle of love, desire, and conflict returns Jack to the violence of 1980s Gaza, where a taboo affair nearly destroyed his life. A man of many sides—adulterer, devoted husband, fixer, community leader, liar, and the survivor of human and cosmic cruelty in both the past and the novel 's present—Jack is a paragon of both desire and hope, someone who has committed to love because the alternative is utter darkness. A gorgeous blend of gentle comedy and poignant tragedy, of blasted hopes and one man 's indomitable dedication to the well-being of others, this is a book to love and never forget.
Financial Fridays!	Fri Jun 05	Join us and Emily Estes (Financial Advisor, Edward Jones) the first Friday of every month for an informal, but informative way to enjoy your evening! From 5:15-5:45pm Emily will cover various financial topics to help you live a life worth living. Stay after the talk until 6:30pm for the Q&A, casual discussion, and a beer!
New Zealand an ambassadors view	Sat Jun 06	The first settlers of New Zealand - around 800 or 900 years ago - called the islands Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. It still works
Travel Tips: Monthly Discussion	Thu Jun 11	Insiders ' Tips for Planning a Successful Trip: Thursday, June 11th from 4:30pm-6pm Have you traveled to far off, exciting places? Or are you getting ready to embark on a new adventure? Are you interested in issues relating to travel in general, such as budget ideas or personal security? Join us in our new monthly travel discussion group where you can share some of your favorite travel experiences, practical advice, and general travel topics at our monthly meetings. This discussion group is for people who have visited a particular destination and want to share their experiences or advice and for those seeking tips, advice, and stories relating to international travel. Everyone welcome! Ken Collins and Rochelle Gerratt will facilitate the meetings. Ken is a frequent presenter at The Travel Bug and a global traveler with a Web site containing practical advice on various destinations. Rochelle has led over 60 domestic and international trips for the Sierra Club and other groups, including her own adventure travel company.
Chad	Sat Jun 13	Tchad, land-locked by Saharan neighbors is seldom visited but its endless horizons, craggy landforms and ancient rock-art sites offer the intrepid traveler stunning rewards. This adventure takes you over the Saharan dunes into the desolate Ennedi Massif and to the remote outposts of Fada and Faya-Largeau where the Tuareg, Teda and Dazaga cultures survive.
Vietnam: Land of Contrasts	Sat Jun 20
Traveling the 1837 Ioway Map	Sat Jun 27
Financial Fridays!	Fri Jul 03	Join us and Emily Estes (Financial Advisor, Edward Jones) the first Friday of every month for an informal, but informative way to enjoy your evening! From 5:15-5:45pm Emily will cover various financial topics to help you live a life worth living. Stay after the talk until 6:30pm for the Q&A, casual discussion, and a beer!
NO SHOW 4TH OF JULY	Sat Jul 04
Travel Bug Book Discussion	Tue Jul 07	Tuesday July 7th 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Mother Mary Comes to Me is an intimate chronicle, "full of precise imagery and blistering emotional intelligence " (The Washington Post), of the relationship between two women, a school teacher and a writer, who happen to be mother and daughter. Roy writes with a novelist 's unsettling ability to be inside her own story as well as outside it, simultaneously child and adult, attached and detached, protagonist and narrator. "Heart-smashed " by Mary 's death, yet puzzled and "more than a little ashamed " by the intensity of her response, Roy began to write, to make sense of her feelings about the mother she ran from at age eighteen, "not because I didn 't love her, but in order to be able to continue to love her. " She describes how she came to be the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her relationship to her extraordinary, singular mother Mary, who she describes as "my shelter and my storm ".
Bicycle Tour Vietnam	Sat Jul 11
Oman	Sat Jul 18
From Whence the Ukrainians?	Sat Jul 25	One of the principal justifications given by Putin for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now is in its fifth year, is that Ukrainians are “wayward” Russians manipulated by “fascists,” and that he is trying to liberate them and bring them home into the historic Russian nation. But are they really? To answer this question, this presentation will examine the evolution of the Ukrainians, and by necessity that of the Russians, over the last millennium. Ultimately, it will be shown that the Ukrainians are not Russians, wayward or otherwise, that Putin’s motivations for the invasion are more convoluted. This talk will be illustrated with numerous period and contemporary images, maps, and other graphics.
AVAILABLE	Sat Aug 01
AVAILABLE	Sat Aug 08
Tunisia	Sat Aug 15

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