Mystic Valley's hostelry promised the same unparalleled self-indulgence as well as horseback tours to Spirit Falls.

River Odysseys West, a Northwest tour operator that specializes in rafting trips, also offers horseback tours in Idaho and Oregon.

A guided four-mile horseback tour of some of Grand Cayman's less visited areas is available through the Blazing Trails riding school, (809) 949-7360.

These observations are supported by a dramatic increase in the number of people who are taking organized inn-to-inn biking, hiking, canoeing and even horseback tours.

There are many standard bus tours, but only one licensed horseback tour, according to the park superintendent's office.

Jack Van Nostrand, making a long horseback tour of Colorado, wrote: I stopped a week ago in a ranch but a hundred miles from nowhere.

Recreation opportunities in the Cherryville area include bird watching, gold panning, skiing, hiking, camping, horseback tours, and fishing.

Four years ago Jan Jantzen, a former college administrator who lives near Emporia, Kan., started a company that offers horseback tours of the prairie.

All of these agencies can also handle arrangements for hiking, bicycle or horseback tours of the mission route.

Hooves offers guided horseback tours in three categories: beach, mountain and rain-forest trails.