Hey Y'all,

Dave Lavender here, author and survivor of the family-fueled travel book, "Dave Trippin: A Day Tripper's Guide to the Appalachian Galaxy of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia."
Spring is officially here, and Al Roker has balanced and, well, cracked the Equinox egg, in an Appalachian galaxy far, far away from Times Square, the Dave Trippin mobile is shaking off the rust and the Pocahontas County dust for another great travel season.
Here's an update of recent ink spills and upcoming signings and cool trips.

IN WEST VIRGINIA LIVING: "Dave Trippin" was one of the featured book reviews in the new "West Virginia Living" magazine. The Spring issue of "WV Living" is now out and also contains a really nice piece on "Living in Huntington" by author, artist and activist, Carter Taylor Seaton.
Pick the mag up at Empire Books and News and Borders. Go online at www.wvliving.com.

IN PORTSMOUTH DAILY TIMES: The Portsmouth paper did a full-page spread on our upcoming Dave Trippin presentation at 11:30 a.m. Monday, March 23 to the Scioto County Rotary Club at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth.
We will doing our multi-media presentation including short video, indoor fireworks and a PowerPoint on Tri-State travel and some of our region's most spectacular sights, music and art.

MORE PORTSMOUTH SIGNINGS: Dave and Toril will be back in Portsmouth from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 28 at the Portsmouth Public Library, which is located at 1220 Gallia Street in Portsmouth.
Just a note if you are coming to this signing, The 32nd Annual Appalachian Studies Conference is going on at SSU, so try and run over and hear and see some of the amazing speakers and music. Go online at www.appalachianstudies.org.
Don't miss the nearby Portsmouth Floodwalls Murals, the Boneyfiddle Historic District and the Southern Ohio Museum, nearby.

BACK @ BORDERS: Over the holidays, we sold out of Dave Trippin at most area outlets including Empire Books and News and Borders. We're back at Borders to do a book-signing before Spring Break from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 4.

ON MILLER IN THE MORNING: "Dave Trippin" was featured recently on the airwaves on Bob and Judy in the Morning on a radio station just east of Lexington, Dave will be chilling with Huntington morning show guru, J.B. Miller, as a guest of "Miller in the Morning" at 7:30 a.m. Friday, April 10 on Magic, 97.9-FM. We'll be giving away some books, and giving listeners some great ideas for cool spring and summer getaways.

SOME PROPS TO MOPS: Dave and Toril recently did their multi-media presentation, handed out free Tri-State Family magazines and book-signing for the MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers) group at First Baptist Church in Russell, Ky.
Thanks to Kim Johnson for setting that up, and to all the awesome moms from all over the country that we met and who know live in the Tri-State.

TRI-STATE FAMILY COVER: Dave and Toril have teamed up to do the April spring travel cover story and photos for Tri-State Family magazine.
The free magazine, put together by new mom, Cassie Parsons at the Herald-Dispatch, will be packed with tons of cool places to take the kids, and story about how to save money traveling with kids.

DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR: At 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, Dave will be leading Herald-Dispatch employees on the three-mile history walk of Downtown Huntington. If you would like to take the walk, go online at www.herald-dispatch.com and click onto Downtown Walking Tour.
There are also copies available at the H-D front desk, 946 5th Ave., in downtown Huntington and other locations.