I STOOD on a low wall near the edge of the racetrack in Watkins Glen, N.Y., one rainy day earlier this summer, watching Porsches fly by at 130 miles per hour, trailed by rooster tails of spray.
Combined with the King of the Hill episode "Suite Smells of Excess", the show finished second in the 8 PM hour, trailing NBC's Sunday Night Football, but achieving higher ratings than the second hour of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and CBS's Power of 10.
Undermountain Farms also offers one-hour trail rides for adults and children 12 and older who have some riding experience.
Finally, we were on horseback, ambling along on a leisurely two-hour trail ride beside the creek.
Clues lead visitors -- who include tourists, locals, couples and singles hoping to become couples -- on a two-hour trail through the museum.
Guided two-and-a-half-hour trail ride on horseback is $35 to $65 a person, depending on the size of the group.
Officials say that as soon as this summer, the number of tickets available for visitors wishing to walk the four-hour trail will be limited to a daily maximum.
It's 4am and the rush-hour trail of tuk-tuks is already snaking through the dark towards the sprawling Angkor complex, illuminated only by the roadside bonfires lit by hawkers and itinerant families.
We were on a one-hour trail ride, each of us following the horse in front, walking and trotting through woods and pastures now owned by the state of Maryland.
Weaving through meadows and past brooks, the easygoing, one-and-a-half-hour trail, commands a peerless panorama of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.
A two-driver package, which includes a lesson in basic four-wheel-drive operation, a two-hour trail drive and one nights lodging at the Equinox, is $664 800-362-4747 800-362-4747
