Word: canyons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late afternoon at Canyon Ranch, "America's first total vacation/fitness resort." The sun slants across the roofs of the patio homes strung out across the desert, tinting the Santa Catalina Mountains, lengthening the shadows of the giant saguaro cacti...
...student, is ecstatic to be here alone: "I've never had a room of my own before." The mother and daughter with matching sulks are inveterate spa-hoppers. They are accustomed to the "pamper places," where guests are practically carried to exercise class, and they find life at Canyon Ranch irritatingly spartan. They are especially cross about being asked to think. "We have to choose our own classes here," whines one. The quiet blond in the corner has been here for six months and has lost 100 Ibs. The pounds, sad to say, do not come cheap: Canyon Ranch...
Wholesome fun continues after dinner. Most people go to sleep, some smoke contentiously, and a small band of merrymakers try bingo. The game is disturbed by a trio of bicoastal Type A males who cry, "Cheat! Cheat!" and refuse to play unless they can win the Canyon Ranch tractor hat. Earlier, they were seen calling their offices for an adrenaline fix before they had even checked in. One of them is already in the lobby inquiring about the last plane to Burbank...
Responding to public pressure, PUC has ordered PG&E to roll back $100 million of its January rate increase immediately. Last week Governor Brown asked the commission for a further reduction and ordered an investigation into PG&E's construction-cost overruns, including its ill-fated Diablo Canyon nuclear facility, whose completion has been delayed by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission probe into its design and safety...
Some cross-country fanatics, in fact, refuse to accept the comforts of touring centers. For purists, there are challenges like the 35-mile, six-day trek across the ridge line of the Sierra in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. It is an experience in mountaineering as well as skiing. The route rises 6,000 ft., almost straight up from the roadhead, to peaks of 13,000 ft. and more. One requirement: a small radio transmitter for avalanche protection. Other arcana may include polypropylene underwear, vapor-barrier booties and avalanche-probe ski poles. The reward of the trek is skier...