Forget the vacation and book an 'experience' instead.(Suburban Living)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February, 2003 | by Sotonoff, Jamie

Byline: Jamie Sotonoff Daily Herald Staff Writer After months of cold temperatures and gray skies, you might have a bad case of the winter blahs. You long to do something different, something more inspired than the same ol' touristy beach vacation in the Caribbean or overpriced bus tour of Europe.

But what? How about rappelling off granite cliffs in Chile, hiking through the rain forest and then sleeping in a 35-foot-high tree house? Too rustic for you? Why not ski at the North Pole, where you'll get dropped off by helicopter at a remote Russian bay and then ski north? Nah. Too cold. Maybe something warmer and closer to home, like sandboarding and mountain biking in the Nevada desert? Hundreds of unique, off-the-beaten-path vacations will be...