Museum shows all about Hopalong Cassidy

Museum shows allabout Hopalong Cassidy
Hoppy and Topper are once again center stage as the Hopalong Cassidy Cowboy Museum opened this month 15 miles east of Wichita, Kan.
Touted as the world's largest collection of Hopalong Cassidy memorabilia, it also is the only authorized national museum for the popular movie and television cowboy, played by William Boyd, and his horse, Topper, from the 1930s through the early 1960s.
In addition to the museum, the facility, at the Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper ranch complex, houses a gift shop, a working saddle shop, and a 250-seat movie theater.
For more information, visit www.prairierosechuckwagon.com or call (316) 778-2121.
California B & amp;B Web site
The California Association of Bed and Breakfast Inns has launched a Web site (www.cabbi.com) describing 365 member lodgings statewide. Listings are divided by region, and icons tell which inns accept pets or children, which are accessible to the disabled and which offer gift certificates or other special features.
Virtual tours are available for some inns.
Rates are included.
For more information, call (831) 462-9191.
Resort's sewing kits match guest's wardrobe
Don't get paranoid, but someone will be watching you at Las Ventanas in Los Cabos, Mexico. That's how the resort is able to provide sewing kits that are customized to match and complement each guest's wardrobe.
The staff unobtrusively takes note of the colors that predominate in the guest's clothes and then prepares a personalized sewing kit with each color of thread pre-threaded through a needle.
For more information, call (888) 767-3966 or visit www.lasventanas.com on the Web.
Fall festivals aboundin Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Santa Barbara has food and arts festivals galore this fall.
The Avocado Festival takes place in Carpinteria from Oct. 3-5, while the Autumn Arts Grapes & amp; Grains Festival is in Santa Maria on Oct. 4. The Celebration of Harvest, featuring a wine tasting, is scheduled for Oct. 11 in Santa Ynez, and the Lemon Festival is in Goleta on Oct. 18-19.
For a complete, up-to-date listings with contact information, visit www.santabarbaraCA.com/calendar.asp or call for a free visitors guide or the "101 Free Things to do in the American Riviera" brochure, (800) 927-4688.
Itineraries offeredfor 3 driving tours
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Looking for a pleasant way to spend an autumn afternoon?
Westchester County, just north of New York City, is offering itineraries for three driving tours to enjoy the foliage.
One of the drives takes in the county's southern tier and shoreline along Long Island Sound, past Whitby Castle and scenic parks. Another itinerary focuses on the northeast corner of the county, covering backroads, farms, estates and villages. The third is a drive from the Bear Mountain Bridge at the top of Westchester down to the Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown.
Free copies of the itineraries are available by calling (800) 833-9282 or by visiting www.westchestertourism.com.
Travel advice publication
How to pick a clean ship, which hotel floors are safest and which countries are not safe. These are some of the tips in the latest edition of "Think Like a Thief & amp; 49 Other Ways to Have a Safe & amp; Healthy Trip" released by TravelSmart. The publication is filled with advice on how to protect yourself on the road, in the air, going through customs and at hotels and resorts. For a copy, send $2 to TravelSmart, P.O. Box 397, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. 10522.