Today we drive to wales to do some mine ziplining and some cave trampolining. On the way, we stopped for coffee/breakfast and saw this.....
Must be a sharknado in town.
Wales is lovely. It reminds a lot of Ireland, but which better roads.
Made it to the slate mine where our adventures will be.
It's quite the place. We started with the zip line. There are three different lines to go on this route. Scott is nervous, since he isn't a real fan of heights and he hasn't ever done anything like this before. So they gear us up in fancy red jumpsuits, helmets and vests, and load us into a van to take us to the top of the mountain. Here I think Scott is going to lose it because the guy is careening around these curves on a cliff side. Once we get to the top, they take extra care to talk us through, buckle us in, and make sure that we're safe. We go second. It's the longest and slowest of the lines and if we wait any longer, I'm sure that my husband will get back in the car and go down. Fortunately, that was also life-threatening, so he opts to stay with us. It was beautiful!!
So, we did the first. Now, picture this. A short walk to the next line. Red jumpsuits, helmets and gear that probably weigh about 10 extra pounds. A funny seat flap that is attached to our legs that make us walk like penguins. Colorado like altitude. There is waddling. And laughing. And gasping. And laughing. It's a vicious circle.
We get to the second line and it's shorter and faster. And a 200' foot drop off. It was extremely cool! Scott said he even enjoyed a few seconds of it before he thought about dying. Now, another short walk. This one is completely uphill. Laughing and gasping commence. The last one is the shortest and fastest yet. They take these great pictures as we come to the end.
I loved every second!
This about sums it up for Scott, although he says he enjoyed it at the end.
They caught this exactly as Sean hit the breaks.
This cool chic came in the fastest of all of us!
Took a break before bouncing to have dinner and........
Visit a castle, of course.
This little guy was hanging out on the path. Most castles we visit have some sort of animal life, so we always watch our step.
After dinner, we went back to the mine to do some cave trampolining. Black lights and four levels of nets to jump, climb and slide on. Sean was in his element!
After an hour, we walked into the light tired and ready for a relaxing evening at a hotel. What a beautiful sunset.
Ooo....a castle? This one is closed, but we stop and turn around for it. Oh no Scott! We're on the wrong side of the road! It only happened the once, but it was a little alarming. The castle was worth it though, and a full moon as well.
