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Get spooked on your cell this weekend
From Columbus to Cincinnati and everywhere (and we do mean everywhere!) in between there are oodles of haunted houses, trails, mazes and hayrides. Some are amateur and put together in a random field, garage or barn and others are full scale productions that only get better and more complex year after year like Middletown’s Land of Illusion or the Wilmington Haunted Hollow Ride.
No matter your style or choice, you don’t want to be stuck out in the boonies without a map or the faintest idea what the address is for the “Terror Haunted TrailMaze in the Woods” or whatever ghoulish attraction you’ve decided to scare yourself senseless at this year. But if you’re tech savvy enough to have a cell phone with internet capabilities you can head to http://www.activedayton.com/scare on it and get all the scoop on area haunted houses. It’ll tell you what it’ll cost you to get in (and park if there’s a cost), when they’re open, where it is and more.
And if you don’t have a GPS handy, you can get directions texted to you free from google (text message rates apply if that matters to you). Here’s how:
For all queries you’ll send your text message to “466453” (google). Once you type in the following, hit send and within a minute or so you’ll get a return text message with what you need to know. I’ve found through use that it’s pretty flexible with how you type stuff in as long as you’re close. If it doesn’t understand, you’ll get a reply asking for clarification.
From Google: To get driving directions, enter your start address then ‘to’ followed by your destination address (ex: 94040 to 94043, pasadena ca to los angeles).
And while you’re at it, it’ll give you answers to random questions (you’ll need to win that battle you and your friends are having while you drive out to the country), movie showtime info (you know in case you chicken out on the scares and decide to see a movie instead) and more. Find out what it can do for you and see examples.
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