7 great alternative Spring Break destinations

Mon, 03/19/2012 - 23:00 — Anonymous by Jordan RaneMiami Beach. Aspen. The
lido deck of a 10-story cruise vessel bound for St. Thomas. The nearest
tanning bed. America is full of well-oiled Spring Break routines you already
know enough about. Looking for something a little different for this Spring
Break?  Here are seven worthy alternative Spring Break destinations that
won't break the bank or, worse, land you up in a giddy throng of pool
boozers rehearsing for an MTV spot. Get down at the Grand Canyon  Step off
the beaten path. Most of the five million annual visitors to Grand Canyon
National Park come to gape into its perspective-busting, 1,800-meter-deep,
446-kilometer-long, 29-kilometer-wide abyss during the summer, without
venturing more than 100 steps below the steaming canyon's rim. Another
option: losing the gawker crowds and making that once-in-a-lifetime descent
to the bottom of the world's most famous hole in the ground.read more