Inn travel offers the ultimate voyage of the heart when a B&B or inn or serves as home base for travel adventure. Spend the day thrill-seeking in the air or on water then return and review all the cool pictures over the spécialité de la maison. Not only will you have the best stories at the water cooler when you return to work, you’ll also bask in the glory of having achieved a badge of courage for some ultimate adventure.
Zip, Raft and Climb then go Nano-Local in the Berkshire Mountains, MA
Pick your adventure at Zoar Outdoor in Western Massachusetts. Whether it’s the thrill of white water or
soaring high through the
canopy of trees, you can do it together. In fact, try both. Whitewater rafting, kayaking and canoeing guided tours with instruction, along with canopy tours high through the trees provide the thrill. Afterward, decompress and relax at the newly renewed Deerfield Inn. The all-new Champney’s Restaurant offers nano-local cuisine and signature craft beers, plus extensive wines and spirits choices. Accommodations are spacious and beautifully updated with subtle ties to the inn’s historic significance
and the living museum surrounding the inn.
The Call of the Wild: Guided Wildlife Tours up close and personal in Jackson Hole, WY
Start the adventure right after breakfast at the Bentwood Inn, just five miles from the South entrance to Grand Teton National Park, when a professional naturalist guide accompanies you on foot or by snowshoe for a wildlife tour of National Geographic proportions. You’ll come up- close-and-personal with moose, elk, bald eagles and coyote. If you’re lucky, you might even see a bear in its natural habitat, but don’t worry, the guide won’t let your honey get too close! Return to the Bentwood Inn, a striking log inn, for an evening wine and cheese reception and home-baked chocolate chip cookies available 24/7. Fall asleep hearing the call of the coyote and reminiscing about all that nature offers so far from the maddening crowd.
Tubing down the Saint James River then sleep in style in historic Charlottesville, VA
A river runs through this adventure. Stay at the 17 room Clifton Inn and enjoy a day of tubing on the Saint James River. Float your cares away in some very cool tubes provided by the inn along with a picnic lunch and a customized itinerary for a little wine tasting or museum visiting on the return trip. This is one adventurous way to tour Charlottesville’s history and natural beauty. Once back at the inn bask in the beautifully crafted appointments at this Relais & Chateaux rated inn. Each room and suite is distinct, some featuring airy lofts, others opening out onto private terraces within the gardens. Enjoy a taste of Charlottesville fine dining, or bask in an onsite infinity pool in the 100-acre surroundings that once belonged to Thomas Jefferson’s father.
Marti Mayne is an avid inngoer and a part-time travel journalist, pushing the envelope with adventure travel to keep the adrenaline running at all times. When not dogsledding in Canada or tree climbing in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Marti lives in Cousins Island, Maine.
By Marti Mayne
For the Love of
Adventure
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