ADVENTURE TRAVEL – A program on kayaking rivers in France will be featured Monday (Feb 25) at 7 p.m. at Mountain Gear Corporate Office at 6021 E. Mansfield, Spokane.

The program is sponsored by the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club.

Club members Jim Nelson and Charlene Longworth will discuss their river adventures on Corsica, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea.

OUTSTANDING – ROW Adventures, a Coeur d’Alene-based rafting and adventure travel company, was named No. 1 Tour Operator in the 2012 World’s Best Awards survey by Travel + Leisure magazine readers.

Tour operators were rated on criteria such as staff, itineraries, activities, accommodations, food and value. ROW received the highest ranking in any of the annual survey’s categories, which also included airlines, hotels and destinations.

“We are honored with this recognition and very grateful to all those who have trusted us with their precious vacation time,” said Peter Grubb, who co-founder, who said he had to buy a suit for the presentation ceremony in New York.

Grubb co-founded ROW as a whitewater rafting company in 1979 and has expanded to offering a variety of trips in 17 countries.

Grubb and wife Betsy Bowen are standout's locally and internationally for their contributions to protecting the outdoor environment.

Playing on the craze of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, for the third year ROW Adventures will be offering “Adventure Tuesday™” — featuring one-time, limited quantity deals to quick dialing adventure travelers.

No need to stay up all night. Adventure Tuesday™ will begin at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Nov. 29th.

Act quickly for deals on whitewater rafting trips to the Lochsa River, a family multi-day rafting adventure on the Salmon River and a land-based tour of the Galapagos Islands.

Details of Adventure Tuesday™ deals are kept secret by the Coeur d'Alene-based company.

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