Tuesday Travel Ticker: Fifty Shades of What?

Pitch of the week (and it’s only Tuesday): “The team at Trippy, the social travel site and app, created a ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ travel board and I thought you might be interested in checking it out.” The board features locations included in the popular book “as well as some ideas for where a real-life Christian and Ana might visit. “ Click here for details . . . . The next Olympics will be in Sochi, on the Black Sea in eastern Russia, in 2014. For ticket information, click here . . . . Bad news for late-summer car trips: The national average for a gallon of gas at the pump has climbed to $3.67, a rise of 34 cents since July 1. An increase in crude oil prices and problems with refineries and pipelines in the West Coast and Midwest, including a fire in California, are mostly to blame . . . . The Nevada Wild Fest, with over 35 large format carnival rides and the world’s largest sling-shot, heads to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Oct. 25-28 . . . . LAX has announced nature-themed exhibitions by Southern California artists in Terminal 1, near baggage claim and near Gate 1 . . . . The Port of Hueneme holds its inaugural Banana Festival Sept 29, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 105 E. Port Hueneme Road. The free festival celebrates the Port of Hueneme’s 75 year anniversary. For details, call (805) 256-4181 or visit the website at www.BananaPortFest.com . . . . Travel quote of the day: “I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.” (Maria Sharapova)