Photo Friday: Go Ape

Alex and I took a travel writing day trip yesterday, to visit Go Ape in St. Louis…and although I only took pictures with Christian’s discarded iPhone (Alex simply would not believe me that it has no data service and never will) instead of the SLR, I think they’re good enough to share.

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Driving through Creve Coeur Park in Maryland Heights and–look! An Ewok village!

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We were quite early, so we took a walk around the park and found a very un-skittish deer posing for a picture near a dogwood.

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The juxtaposition of the red Japanese maple and the white some-sort-of-stinky-pear doesn’t really come out (needed the SLR!), but you can get an idea.

 

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Headed into the treetops

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And here we go.

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This would be the “extreme” option. The one heading off to the left would be the “moderate/easy” option.

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Another “extreme” option: a whole row of these gymnast footholds. I made it across without any mishaps requiring the safety cables to catch me. When I saw my shadow so clear down below me, I stopped in the middle to snap a photo. Trying to hold still on those dangling rings, I realized this activity was a lot more athletic than I’d anticipated. I could feel every muscle in my legs quivering.

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Alex on the same set of rings. Using his safety harness liberally.