Friday Travel Ticker: Sweating it out in Catalina

Registration is now open for the 27th Annual Catalina Island Triathlon, Nov. 5 (a Saturday) at Middle Beach in Avalon . . . . Tri-tip and BBQ chicken are on the menu for Friday’s Moonlight Hike at Mt. Baldy. Tickets ($16) are limited. Click here for info . . . . The L.A. Athletic Club’s Noir Soiree Oct. 7 includes a photo exhibition, wine tasting and fashion show. Early-bird tickets are $48 (through Sept. 18) . . . . Portland’s Oregon Zoo offers discounted $4 admission on the second Tuesday of each month, down from the usual $10.50. Be sure to check out the three caracal kittens . . . . Usually $15, admission to the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art in Las Vegas will be free Oct. 8, with a printed voucher. For details, call (877) 957-9777 . . . . The 15^th annual World Creole Music Festival kicks off for three nights on Oct. 28 in the Caribbean island of Dominica . . . . The Sky Hawks Sky Diving Team will soar into the Safford, Ariz., town square to announce the winners at the town’s fifth annual SalsaFest. The weekend celebration begins Sept. 23 . . . . Travel Quote of the Day: “I have had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.” (Groucho Marx)