WEX Club

Spring has finally come to the Kempton clubhouse and the flowers are blooming The Arizona clubhouse also has flowers blooming and the desert quail roaming the back yard. The hot summer days seem just around the corner.

We will be having an autograph party at the Kempton Bookstore on June 3. I will be there signing my latest books and maybe some other authors will show up as well.

There has been some pinball trading and we recently acquired a Cactus Canyon game with an Arizona theme of bandits, shoot-outs, saloons, dance hall girls and old mines. We also picked up a James Bond 007 game as well as an X-Files pinball game, which came out at the height of the television show’s fame, 1997.

I was at History Channel’s AlienCon in Pasadena, California from March 3 to 5. It was a good time with old pals Giorgio Tsoukalos, William Henry and Hugh Newman. Not sure when the next AlienCon will be, but I will let you know. I plan to be a speaker at the Roswell Days conference July 1 to 3.

The bookstore in Illinois is open so take a nice drive in the country and visit. Stop in and play the new pinball machine at the Kempton store: Legends of Valhalla. It is a great game featuring all the Norse Gods!

My latest book is The Bigfoot Files: The Reality of Bigfoot in North America. It is packed with the latest in bigfoot activity. It includes the Bigfoot FBI files and an 8-page color section.

My previous book, Andromeda: The Secret Files, is doing well. It covers the bizarre history of German flying saucer research and the mothership called Andromeda. Order a copy today! The new Season 16 of Ancient Aliens is now airing on the History Channel. Check your local listings. There are more Ancient Aliens Live dates coming up in 2023 including shows in Virginia and New Jersey.

We had a great trip to the American Southwest in September. This trip went to Casa Grande, Sedona, Jerome, Montezuma’s Castle and Well, Tuzigoot, and the Meteor Crater. We spent a couple of nights at the El Rancho Hotel in Gallup and went to Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, the Hopi Mesas, and the Grand Canyon. Everyone had great time. Maybe we will do a slightly different version in the future. We are considering a trip to the Serpent Mound in Ohio and other Midwestern Native American sites.

We are planning a trip to Athens and then to the Peloponnese and Delphi to look at the many megalithic sites in Greece in May of 2023. This trip is full but you can check out all the details at: https://wexclub.com/events

Adventures Unlimited and the World Explorers Club now have several YouTube channels. The channels have lots of fascinating documentaries, lectures, Indiana Jones-type movies, and other videos, and it is free to become a subscriber. Most of our movies and trailers are now at the Retro Drive-In website with its movie posters, free movies, rare action serials and more. We are adding movies and trailers all the time, so it’s a good way to while away a few hours if you are locked in your house or on a slow boat to China. You can access all of this using our Retro Drive-In website at www.retrodrive-in.com

For all you cryptozoologists and bigfoot fans, we also have a bigfoot and monster movie site: www.bigfootmovies.net. This site has heaps of bigfoot and various cryptid movies to watch for free, plus the latest bigfoot news and other fun stuff. Watch them on your tablet after a hard day of legend tripping!

Check out the original Adventures Unlimited channel with documentaries, lectures and more at: http://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresUnlimited and start watching today!

The WEX affiliated properties usually have a pinball machine or two and we have web pages that are meant to bring pinball enthusiasts, buyers and sellers together. Have a look at www.pinballtrader.us for the top-20 pinball list and other pages. Buy a pinball for your game room!

Our Hawaii WEX manager, Zach Royer, is back in Kona and his address is WEX Club Hawaii, Kona Inn Shopping Village, 75-5744 Ali’i Drive, Ste 63, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. Phone: (808) 238-2264. You can catch Zach (www.ZachRoyer.com) at Kona Stories every Saturday from 10am-1pm. Book a healing island vortex tour, historical ghost tour or personal guide services and learn about the secrets and mysteries of Hawaii with Royer the Explorer! Kona Stories features all genres of books. One of the main attractions at the store is the various friendly cats (who are not for sale).

Our affiliated bookstore in Australia is the Nexus Bookstore at 51 Maple Street in Maleny, Queensland. They have a full range of Adventures Unlimited books and other products. Visit them when you are in the area! The Adventures Unlimited office in Kempton is also the USA office for Nexus magazine. Get a subscription today! Have a look at the magazine and bookstore at: www.nexusmagazine.com

WEX Manager Govinda Panta in Kathmandu is seeing an uptick in tourism in Nepal but many workers are still displaced. He has asked us to help him support porters and guides in Nepal who are out of work and looking desperately to make money to feed their families. A little money goes a long way in Nepal and if you would like to help Govinda and his guides and porters, even with a small donation, please go to: www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-relief-fund-for-nepali-tourism-workers. Govinda can make trekking arrangements and any other travel plans for anyone wanting to see the country. Find out about the latest news and expeditions offered by Govinda and Adventure Pilgrims Trekking at www.trekinnepal.com or give them a call at: 977-985-107-7190. Get our popular WEX Kathmandu T-shirt from the Wexmart pages at www.wexclub.com.

As always, keep a keen eye out for possible World Explorers Club future establishments—you will help spread the fun of discovering the mysteries of our fabulous world! Is there a WEX clubhouse to be acquired in your town? Be sure to contact us with any ideas about starting a retail outlet or clubhouse!

Also, send in your classified ad; remember up to 25 words are free for WEX members. We are always looking for stories or links to the latest news, so send those in, too! I also have my own web domain and you can check it out here: www.DavidHatcherChildress.com. So, grab your favorite (adult?) beverage, drag some patio furniture back onto the porch and enjoy the latest issue of World Explorer! —David Hatcher Childress, Founder, World Explorers Club