Maybe a ‘working’ vacation.
You can go on cattle roundups at dude ranches, wagon train trips, etc.
I live in a premiere tourist community that offers river rafting, gold panning and hiking.
A white water rafting trip is quite exciting, be it on a California river or one of the really big ones like the Snake or Colorado.
You could always split up your vacation such as my area offers, ( Lotus/Coloma Ca./ Marshall Gold discovery state park )) rafting and camping then an hour to Lake Tahoe for a cabin on the lake, horseback riding, nature hikes, boat excursions on the lake.
Okay..clearly I am biased, the great outdoors always wins! lol