Glamping means glamor camping. It’s for those who like to enjoy the outdoors with some comforts beyond the usual spartan conditions. For example, instead of simple canvas shelters with sleeping bags, glampers prefer colorful tents with screened openings, and sleeping on inflatable mattresses and pillows. Consider some favorite destinations for glampers:

Grand Canyon, Arizona: This natural wonder offers all kinds of camping, from trailers to pup tents. Some of the most convenient glamping is at Trailer Village, near the South Rim.

The famed vineyards of Provence on the southern coast of France are in a beautiful region. Spring and summer are excellent times to visit, because everything is in glorious, colorful, sweet-smelling blossom.

The Champagne air is enough all by itself to cause joyful giddiness. Consider staying in a comfy b&b in the area. Where else but in Champagne would you get wine with your morning jambon et oeufs (ham and eggs)?

The most famous natural beauty in the Cactus State is the Grand Canyon, featuring the South and North Rims. Because they’re more than 200 miles apart across the vast Canyon floor and Colorado River, their weather patterns are different.

The North Rim has the cooler summer temperatures, rarely rising above 80 in daylight and drops to the low 40s at night. The South Rim, where about 80 percent of tourists visit, has delightful summer daytime temperatures in the 70s to 90s, and 60s at night.

There’s a lesser-known Grand Canyon, 200 miles away from the crowds of tourists that gather at the popular South Rim. Part of the Grand Canyon National Park, the North Rim offers a much more relaxed atmosphere. It may be worth the time to make the long drive from the South Rim for a visit.

Your travel4seniors.com editor made my first trip to the North Rim in the 1950s. Then it was truly isolated and visited mostly by hunters and campers. I've returned several times to this isolated area of unspoiled natural beauty.