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Sports & Recreation

Play Hard Rest Easy: Carolinas and Georgia

Play Hard Rest Easy: Carolinas & Georgia
The Ultimate Active Getaway Guide
Malcolm Campbell and Deron Nardo

Walkabout Press
978-1-931339-01-8
$19.95 paperback
5 ½ x 8 ½     
525 pages; black-and-white photos & maps throughout
Published in 2004
Sports & Recreation, Travel & Outdoors

Do you love the outdoors but not necessarily sleeping outdoors? Who says being outside must mean roughing it? High-energy recreation, stylish lodging, superb dining, and civilized relaxation make the ultimate getaway mix. If you like to play hard during the day—hiking, biking, paddling, skiing, sightseeing, or shopping (yes, there’s sport in shopping)—but rest easy at night—dining in an elegant restaurant and sleeping in an upscale inn—you’ll find this guidebook indispensable.

Play Hard

  • Hiking:  More than 200 hikes, including famous summit trails and little-known paths

  • Mountain Biking: Easy-going logging roads to challenging singletrack

  • Paddling: Quietwater, whitewater, and sea kayaking

  • Skiing & Snowboarding

  • Road Biking

  • Swimming Holes

  • Rock Climbing

  • Horseback Riding

  • Snowshoeing

  • Rainy Day Workouts

  • Scuba Diving

  • Deep Sea & Flyfishing

  • And More!

Rest Easy

  • Upscale Lodging: Historic inns, country inns, B&Bs, and full-service resorts

  • Gourmet Dining: Restaurants, bistros, cafés, dessert shops, and picnic spots

And Much More

  • Shopping

  • Museums

  • Historic Sites

  • Art Galleries

  • Coastal Island Hopping

  • Antiquing

  • Backroads Touring

  • Music & Theater

  • Long Weekend Iteneraries

Put this gem in your pack! You’ll pull it out often as you explore the trails, paths, villages, and backroads of the Carolinas and Georgia. Plan the perfect getaway with photos, facts, detailed directions, maps, Web sites, and more.

Reviews

“One great guidebook . . . We wish all guidebooks were as good.”
New York magazine

“Presented in an easy-to-read, quick-to-digest format that makes the book perfect for planning a quick escape or a longer vacation.”
The Boston Globe

“If you’re an outdoor enthusiast who loves to combine the rugged and the Ritz, don’t leave home without the Play Hard, Rest Easy guidebook series.”
Shape magazine

“. . . a useful and practical guide for those who seek an active vacation but have no qualms about pampering themselves.”
The Chicago Tribune

Links

Visit Walkabout Press’s Web site at http://www.walkaboutpress.com/welcome.htm.