Today was our big adventure day.
The number one thing Kenzie wanted to do on this trip was Zip Lining. One of the biggest zip lines in the world is in La Fortuna. You take a tram up the side of the mountain (actually a volcano), and then a series of 7 zip lines take you back down. One of the zip lines is about 3/4 of a mile long, and you are about 600 feet above the jungle canopy. She was so excited! I was dreading it…
Almost all of the pictures are of her, but the company did manage to capture one of each of each of us on our first zip line. You can see that look of total excitement in her face, and total terror in mine!
It’s hard to describe how high, and fast and high this is. The pictures and video do not do it justice. I was surprised to find that about halfway through, the wheel on the carriage that attaches you to the line was so hot you could not touch it with your bare hands (from the friction and speed of it running down the cable).
She had a blast, and by the end, even I was enjoying it.
We also saw our first monkeys and sloths in the trees. These were both high on our list for this trip so that was really cool to see them along the way.
On the drive back through the jungle we stopped to buy some fruit on the side of the road and found that the few other cars that were stopped were actually a movie crew filming a movie. So we hung out for a bit and watched them, then headed back for a little souvenir shopping and dinner in town.
Our hotel was at the base of the volcano here in La Fortuna and the view out of the door was beautiful.
