Does your notion of a good time include racing an off-road vehicle through a spinning tunnel, or over a teetering bridge? How about flying through the air like Superman at 100 mph, over a state highway? If these scenarios appeal to you, the Hocking Peaks Adventure Park might be a spot to check out this summer.

In past years the owners of the business, located in the Hocking Hills near Logan, already offered miles of trails for riding ATVs. When an expansion and relocation that's now underway is complete, however, the park will offer a whole lot more, not only in the form of ATV attractions, but also "zip-line"� courses that allow thrill-seekers to hang from a pulley and whiz at high speeds down a suspended cable.

And if you think those activities are attractions only for young, foolhardy men and boys, think again "“ the ruling idea behind Hocking Peaks, says one of its owners, is to provide a wide range of exciting, safe fun that can be enjoyed by whole families and groups of people of all ages.

"The whole philosophy is, it's a new, low-impact kind of park, with neat stuff to do,"� said Karry Gemmell, who runs the park with his partner, Marc Anthony. "It's just a whole new concept of the (amusement) park."�

The park, located on about 150 acres off Ohio Rt. 664, offers ATV rentals and miles of ATV trails "“ but not just trails.

Different courses will feature challenges such as teetering bridges "“ and even one that collapses under you when you're halfway across "“ a spinning tunnel, and a tunnel filled with smoke, strobing lights and bubbles. For Halloween, there will be a haunted course, to be driven in the dark by riders wearing headlamps.

ATV enthusiasts will also be able to enjoy such not-ready-for-the-Olympics sports as "ATV mini-golf,"� according to assistant manager John Willis.

"You have a big 6-foot ball, and your ATV is your putter,"� he explained.

The other main focus of the park "“ which is already open, but still building attractions, and looking to have a grand opening sometime in July "“ will be zip-lining.

Hocking Peaks offers three zip-line/aerial challenge courses, including one designed especially for younger kids.

"I've had 2- and 3-year-old kids go through it and they loved it,"� reported Willis.

As for the adult/older kid course, he said, he's seen a woman in her 80s tackle it.

When the park is complete, it will feature what Willis claims will be North America's longest zip-line. One mile from end to end, it will allow riders, strapped in a prone "Superman"� position, to reach estimated speeds of up to 100 mph as they zoom down parallel to the road.

"You'll be passing cars going down 664,"� Willis promised. "That's what's going to get people out here, for the bragging rights."�

For both the ATV activities and the zip-lining, Hocking Peaks puts all participants through a training session before setting them loose. On the ATV courses, people can choose to have guides ride with them, or go it on their own.

Lest any family or group who's staying at the park for a few days runs out of new things to do and gets bored, it will also offer a variety of other rough-and-tumble pastimes, such as "Slidezilla,"� a 200-foot water slide, and "Ogo balls,"� which Willis described as 11-foot-diameter balls into which a human, like a hamster, can climb, and then roll down hills.

Willis admitted that it's fun thinking up new attractions for the park. "We come up with all these crazy ideas,"� and the park's ride engineer designs them, he said. "We're pretty much inventing a lot of cool stuff to do with your ATV other than just ride around in the woods."�

OF COURSE, ATVS DON'T have the greatest reputation among environmentalists, who have long complained about their impact on state and national forests, and have suggested that more trails should be on reclaimed strip-mine land, where they are less likely to hurt wildlife.

Willis and Gemmell, however, insisted that their aim is to make Hocking Peaks as nature-friendly as possible. "It's low-impact; it's green,"� Willis said.

The park can offer lodging nearby, a bus for transport, and bicycle rentals, Gemmell said. He added that when the business is up and running at full bore, he hopes to draw customers from the Ohio University student body.

"We're focusing very heavily this year on the student population at Ohio University,"� he said.

He suggested the park is also ideal for group outings by businesses and other organizations. He recalled a recent visit by a women's group, which tried out the ATV course.

"We couldn't get them out of the woods,"� he said.

From Athens, you can get to the park by taking U.S. 33 West to Logan, going south (left) at the Ohio Rt. 664 exit, and going about three miles.