Zip Line

Another week down. I think time is speeding up, seems like weeks are only 24 hours long. Remember being in school and getting the summer off? Back then a couple months lasted forever. These days I dare not blink, I might miss a year.

Anyway the day after my last post I received my birthday present from my mom and step dad. A trip into the Rocky's to go zip lining! They splurged this year, and it was awesome. We went up to Colorado Adventure Center in Idaho Springs. We ended up waiting an hour and a half after we were supposed to start. A lady in the previous group was scared and would not go after tower four. (seriously? who zips three times and then gets scared?) This presents a problem since there are only stairs on the first tower (to keep people off when they are closed). Then her friend chickened out on the fifth tower. Sigh. When it was our turn they bussed us up and got us all rigged up. Practice started on a rope about four feet off the ground, to get the basics down and get comfortable with the rules and equipment. Then up the first tower we went. This course was five zip lines, two short in one direction, then across the river, then a really long one, and finally back to the first tower. This course is brand new, I mean the tags were still on the lumber new. If you drive on I70 now you cannot miss it. I recommend it, it was a blast. Myself and Steve are the ones that did it.

The next day was my party with family. Always good to see everyone, play games and eat cake. Since then I sent off some parts of my shotgun to get polished, and listed another one of my rifles for sale. I want to sell my FNAR and get an AR10 instead. My Vader manican hit a snafu, so I am working on that. The leave me alone boxes are not done, which is what I thought I would be telling you today. One decided to not work at all and the other needed some changes to work properly. It decided to throw the lid all the way open, so I had to rig first a couple magnets (didn't work) then a rubber band. They are so close to done I can taste it. My Halo helm got a little progress as did another T-shirt I am working on. I have a couple papers to peer review today and my VA money didn't come, so I need to find out why I can't pay the bills this month. Sigh. Everbusy is right.