Before we leave this area we are trying to enjoy some different activities around here. Darren and the s, surprised me with a night for the family at a treehouse hotel and this was our wonderful room(or should I say rooms since it was more than 1 level)
He did not get the rooms that were up about 40 feet Thank goodness!
We had a great time and enjoyed doing something different.
Do you see how high we are? That's a two story cabin below the walkway. I understand why Darren wanted to surprise me with this trip--I'm afraid of heights.
On a tree house bridge. No one had problems with this except me!
Katelyn enjoying the small zip line
Ok so one of the activities you could do were big zip lines. So... Darren bought the cheapest ride called the Tarzan swing. Taylor had begged me to go first. I said no problem, you and Hannah can go and Then it would be my turn. This folks turned out to be NO zip line. It is a swing. Not just any swing! Darren was going to save money and not go but I made Darren go on this (after my own ride) just so he would have the same experience!!
This is how they haul you up there...
You are hooked up to the bottom of a rope with zip line gear(the rope hangs between two trees from a wire) hanging onto a separte rope (which turns out to be a water ski rope), they have it rigged to the golf cart (lower right corner) and he drives forward till you reach the designated top. This happens to be higher than the rope you are on(I didn't get this until I was dropping 20 feet!!!) You let go of the water ski rope and drop until you get swung forward and drop and swing until you just swing. It wasn't until I had my ride that I understand why you hear no yell until a person has come down half way--it takes your breath away. I found out that it is 55 ft. up. It was so scary coming down and it doesn't look so scary just watching! I freaked out later that night as I cried and laughed with Darren as to how I could let my children do this--Lets just say that they wouldn't have experienced it had I gone first!!!
There is a spec of blue in the middle tree--that's Taylor
Taylor's first swing
can you see Hannah?
Hannah's second swing--I was so proud of her and Taylor, especially after doing it myself.
I let my babies do this!!! This is Darren(I was the photographer and the photos they got of me were not worth printing) Although video is available :)
My favorite shot of Darren on the Tarzan swing
The s saying good-bye in their groovy hats
Our carving of the pumpkins...all pumpkins were from our own garden this year!!
Our very own pirate...
This is princess Jasmine
Natalie as a fairy princess (but if you ask her you might get the answer that she is Ariel and Dora)
