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Think you have to be in the circus to swing on the flying trapeze? Wrong! You can take a lesson at one of the flying trapeze schools in cities from New York to California. Photo: Carol Haynes, Trapeze School of New York

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Red Alert for Harley Riders: 4th Annual Thunder in the Rockies This Weekend

Wednesday August 27, 2008
Are you going to be one of the more than 60,000 Harley riders and their families expected to attend this weekend's 4th annual Thunder in the Rockies Motorcycle Rally at the Ranch in Loveland Colorado? The jam-packed schedule includes Comedian Joel McHale, star of E!'s The Soup, a live satellite feed to Iraq to reunite families with with loved ones in the military, motorcycle stunt shows and a lot more. Check out the action at Thunder in the Rockies

Teton Ridge Ranch, Luxury on the Hoof

Tuesday August 26, 2008
Quite simply, this may be the most luxurious ranch you'll ever visit. Owned by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the Teton Ridge Ranch 10,000-square-foot lodge sits in the middle of 4,400 wild acres, next to National Forest Land.

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Ever Picture Yourself Swinging on a Flying Trapeze?

Sunday August 24, 2008
Think you have to be in the circus to swing on the flying trapeze? Wrong! Push your personal limits taking a lesson at the flying trapeze schools that are open from New York to California. If you'd like to see how easy it can be, check out this video on learning to swing on a flying trapeze .

Photo © Carol Haynes

Want to Play in an Adult Sandbox?

Wednesday August 20, 2008
Kids play with toy bulldozers and excavators in a sandbox. At Dig This, in Steamboat, Colorado, you get to spend a half- or a full-day using real bulldozers and excavators building roads, digging ditches and moving rocks, in the first heavy equipment arena in the United States. If you'd like to see how much fun it is to play with the heavy equipment check out Dig This?

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