has running water. There are rocking log building boasts a massive stone From your cabin in the woods,
chairs on the front porch, bundles of fi replace, original masonry, high- you can wake up to lush vistas, spend
wood delivered to your door for the beam ceilings, and a grand stairway the day picnicking, or go hiking.
outdoor fi re pits, and picnic benches leading to sparkling Gull Lake. Then warm your toes by the fi re-
along the creek. The campground’s You can stay in the main lodge, place or soak in your outdoor hot
Canyon Market sells gourmet picnic recognized by the National Register tub. Kitchens are equipped with all
goodies and meals and all the “neces- of Historic Places for its preserved the dinnerware and cooking supplies
sary” supplies, including s’mores kits, log cabin architecture. Even bet- you’ll need, so you can buy groceries
coffee drinks, and California wines. In ter, opt for a private lakeside cabin. and enjoy an evening in.
other words, you get all the fun of Painted green to blend in with the Explore the nearby 8-mile-long
camping without any of the drudge. pine forest, the cabins are basic but Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Commu-
It’s a short walk or bike ride to El comfy, with wood-paneled walls, nity, where more than
Capitan state beach, where waves overstuffed leather furnishings, and 100 painters, weavers,
splash onto the rocky shore. And small, yet fully equipped kitchen- carvers, and other arti-
because the campground is nestled ettes. You can picnic on the sandy sans create old-fash-
between Santa Barbara and the beach; go bicycling, kayaking, or ioned hardwood toys,
Santa Ynez Valley, the wine country horseback riding; or just sit on your handcrafted jewelry,
of “Sideways” (2004) movie fame, front porch and enjoy the scenery. homemade soaps, and
you’ll have plenty of opportunities Would you prefer a more authentic pottery from studios
for sightseeing. Or you might decide and rustic summer camp experience? located in historic
that the song of the creek, birds, and Grab the kids or grandkids and sign up barns, buildings, and
for family camp. After churches. You also can
280-acre Camp Lake venture into nearby
Hubert — owned by the Gatlinburg, an often
same family that owns tourist-fi lled, festive
and runs Grand View town complete with
Lodge — closes for the cotton candy, miniature
season in August, it re- golf, and bumper car
opens for families. It’s rides. Or for an unfor-
a true weeklong, early- gettably scenic drive,
to-bed, early-to-rise take the 32-mile-long
summer camp, with op- Newfound Gap Road
portunities to canoe or (U.S. Highway 441) to
sail, practice your ar- the mountain’s peak,
chery skills, or sing by which features lots of
Black bears are easy to find in parts of Tennessee.
the campfi re. places to stop, stroll,
and enjoy the views.
breeze rustling through the trees is Head for the hills With all the comforts
all the entertainment you need. With rushing waterfalls at every turn, of home and a wide
850 miles of wilderness trails, old for- array of activities avail-
Summer camp grows up ests, and almost guaranteed wildlife able, you and your fam-
It’s often said, “You can’t go home sightings, Tennessee’s Southern Ap- ily might give up resort
again.” But in Minnesota’s pine-scent- palachian mountain range beckons vacations for good! MO
ed Northwoods, where Paul Bunyan year-round. Wildfl owers burst to life
and his blue ox Babe still reign, you in spring while the mountains are Looking for fun and
can go back to summer camp. lush in the summer and transform education all in one?
Built in 1918, Grand View Lodge into a snowy wonderland in the win- (from top) Visit Minne-
(pictured at right, second from top) ter. The park is really at its peak in sota to see Paul Bunyan
in the Brainerd Lakes area once was fall, when the mountains are blanket- or check out Grand View
used as accommodations for parents ed in a showy patchwork of gold, Lodge. Or head to Ten-
who dropped their kids off at nearby green, red, and yellow and leaves pat- nessee and view the Ap-
summer camps. Today, the imposing ter to the ground like colorful rain. palachian Mountains.
PHOTOS: ABOVE, GARY W. CARTER/CORBIS; RIGHT, FROM TOP, SHUTTERSTOCK; MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY/CORBIS; A P R I L 2 0 0 9 M I L I T A R Y O F F I C E R 6 7
SHUTTERSTOCK; SHUTTERSTOCK; OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM, FROM LEFT,
DOORCOUNTY.COM/DOOR COUNTY VISITOR
BUREAU;
DOORCOUNTY.COM/DOOR COUNTY VISITOR BUREAU; SHUTTERSTOCK; IAN SHIVE/AURORA PHOTOS/CORBIS; TOP,
MACDUFF EVERTON/CORBIS
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