Vacation Special
The Wetter You Get,
        the Summer You'll Feel

From that first stinging cannonball off a riverside bluff to the last day at the beach, our idea of a sweet summer is one by, on, and in the drink. To get things flowing, we've charted the waters for you. Go get drenched.

Wild, Wild Midwest
This just in: You can say "Wisconsin" and "wilderness" in the same breath.
By John Hildebrand

A Piece of the Shore
Skinny-dipping under the stars, and other reasons to go cottaging in Ontario.
By Ann Vanderhoof

To the Inland Sea
The best swimming in Mexico: Ocean?
By Christopher Shaw

The Hillbilly Autobahn
West Virginia's most wicked whitewater, speed limits be damned.
By Stephanie Gregory

God's Own Plunge Pool
A grotto behind the waterfall, a bracing New Hampshire river, and thou.
By John Jerome

Flipper ... Is That You?
North mixes with tropics in the Channel Islands' underwater bizarro world.
By Peter Taylor

Time Off the Grid
In blissful isolation along the Rogue River, where it's easier to find a fly rod than a phone.
By Hal Espen