ZipLining!

Last Monday we went on a fantastic zip-line adventure.  (Smily face!  Mike was able to join us!!)  First thing, we got outfitted into our harnesses (and proceeded to take goofy pictures of each other.)  

The pictures mostly speak for themselves, so I'll leave the commentary to the minimum.

Oh yea, we OWN the harness!

And here is where Mike decides to photo-bomb Andy and Emily's self portrait.

Time to set off.

And there he goes.

Now it's my turn.

Some Andy action shots.

The view from above.

It's Emily's turn now.

Here is what happens when you don't make it all the way across.  (More on this later.)  This happened a few times on the shorter zip-lines (and on one really long one) because we didn't get enough speed going.

And this is how you make sure to make it all the way across.  After seeing that Emily had a hard time making it all the way, our guide offered to hook our harnesses together so we'd have more weight to make it across.  And he promised a fast ride.  Yes, please!

Inbound Emily!

There goes Mike!

At this point in the day, we've finished our first 8 zip-lines, and it's time to get ready for LA BESTIA (or THE BEAST)!  Here we are at the edge as we wait to get suited up.

For this last zip-line adventure, we will get harnessed in Super Man style.  What a fashion statement it is!

After we all got suited up in our new harnesses, we decided to take some pictures of our awesomeness.

The Beast is the highest and second-longest zip-line in the world.  And it is AMAZING!

Here are the boys ready to tackle the Beast!    

Now it's time for the girls to go.  As you can tell by this video, we had some technical difficulty.  (See, there's more than one way to make your way across.)

Duro!  Duro!  

Emily got a personal escort the remaining few feet to the platform.

And thus concluded our amazing zip-line adventure!  We had such a good time!  If you're in Puerto Rico, you should definitely make the time to go zip-lining, and Toro Verde is a great company!  There are so many adventures to choose from - zip-lining, rappelling, canyoning, mountain biking, and probably a few more I'm forgetting.  Mike and I are already planning what we'll do on our next day there.