Blake is an outdoor kid and he loves adventures, especially climbing stuff! So, I figured this would be perfect for him. Plus, it is all up in the air so it allows for some new excitement. Blake was very nervous but excited going in. He kept making sure that I would be right beside him the whole time. Yes, I had to do everything he did! Yikes!
They harnessed us in and we got to go to our first course. Blake was cautious but he was eager to complete all of the challenges. Most of them were walking across various "bridge" obstacles with little to hold on to (and about 20 ft in the air). I was so focused on Blake that I somewhat forgot I had a little fear of heights. I kept having to just watch Blake so that I didn't have time to get totally light headed and freaked out by myself. My legs were half way numb the whole time.Blake got his confidence quickly and we went on to complete the 2nd and 3rd courses as well! My hands had blisters on them because I was hanging on for dear life!
At the end of each course we were able to ride the zip line down. Blake was super nervous about this the first time. He (like everyone else) initially had trouble trusting that he would step off this platform and it was going to swing him down. I almost didn't trust it myself! But when he did it, he glided down to the bottom and loved it! He did it perfectly. I was so worried about Blake getting down that I forgot to listen carefully to the directions about "landing". Blake was at the bottom waiting for me. I jumped off the platform. Somehow I got turned around and was going in backwards. Next thing I know, my legs went over my head and my butt went in the air as I landed. Wood chips went all up my shirt as I basically did a backwards roll landing. Ouch! Blake helped me dust myself off and he told me to hurry up so we could do it again. HAHA!
We had a blast! I love that Blake is getting to the age so that we can do some of this adventurous stuff. It was a perfect Fall activity!
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