Late that year, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi visited Mr. McConnell in Kentucky during a packed trip to the United States.
Other activities include hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, overnight horse packing trips, trap shooting, wildlife watching, and all-terrain vehicle riding.
He particularly enjoyed back packing trips and summer camps at Catalina Island and the Sierras.
My companions on this adventure were a small group of travelers who had signed on with Rich Ranch, a Montana guest ranch and outfitter, and had been fortunate to land its owner, Jack, as the guide (richranch.com; five-day horse-packing trip, $1,500).
We had just been on a pack trip, where we went on horseback up in the mountains for three days.
Photograph album depicting the landscape and participants of a pack trip to the Grand Canyon along the Mystic Springs and Hange trails, including views of boating on the Colorado River, Cataract Creek Canyon, the Havasupai Indian Agency, Havasupai Point and the Painted Desert.
A year and a half ago, Ms. Lin married Mr. Wolf, to whom she became engaged while escaping an electrical storm in an abandoned horse trailer while on a Colorado pack trip ("It was a test of character," she said).
Keen riders can saddle up for adventure on a pack trip following the Verde River through the Tonto National Forest to Red Creek, passing red rock canyons and making frequent river crossings.
It's 20 miles roundtrip, a fetching day hike or easy two-day pack trip.
