Check in.How do you take your adventure? I like mine served with a healthy dollop of luxe luxe n. 1. The condition of being elegantly sumptuous. 2. Something luxurious; a luxury. [French, luxury, from Latin luxus. ! A number of years ago, my soon-to-be brother-in-law, his entourage, and I celebrated his bachelor's party with an exhilarating multiday white-water rafting trip along the Penobscot River Penobscot River River, central Maine, U.S. The Penobscot, which flows south into Penobscot Bay, is the state's longest river—about 350 mi (560 km). It is navigable for 60 mi (97 km) to Bangor. deep in the wilds of Maine. We had the time of our lives--except when it came to bedtime. I'm supposed to sleep in that, I thought, looking at a rickety rick·et·y adj. rick·et·i·er, rick·et·i·est 1. Likely to break or fall apart; shaky. 2. Feeble with age; infirm. 3. Of, having, or resembling rickets. tent my city-slicker brother and I attempted to erect on a patch of stony soil. Since then I've been on numerous exciting outdoor adventures (check some of my laves below), but I've solved the slumber problem: I now pair each heart-pounding adventure with muscle-soothing luxury. I love the outdoors. I'm no wimp (really!). It's just that I've found that delicious food, great wine, and a bit of pampering is the ideal complement to a day of rappelling, mountain biking mountain biking Sports medicine A sport in which participants use specialized bicycles to navigate rough, steep trails covered with unforgiving rocks Injury risk Concussions, fractures, death. See Extreme sport, Novelty seeking behavior. , and kayaking. It's the perfect gay spin that smooths the roughest edges of an otherwise ideal vacation. I suspect I'm not the only one who thinks this. Which brings us to the American desert, where we've gathered together five luxurious adventures. Each one promises both sweaty fun and opulent retreat. We've even thrown in information on where to get your gay on. What are you waiting for? Your bed is made! 1. Safari in Botswana (DavidTours.com) 2. Hell-hiking in British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography (CanadianMountainHolidays.com) 3. Kayaking on Prince William Sound Prince William Sound, large, irregular, islanded inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, S Alaska, E of the Kenai peninsula. It has many bays and good harbors; the large Columbia Glacier flows into Columbia Bay, in the N central portion. (OutinAlaska.com) 4. Rappelling in Innsbruck (Innsbruck-Tourism.at) 5. Jungle trek, Iguacu Falls, Brazil (MacucoEcoaventura.com.br) Happy travels! Editor in Chief |
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