Kate and the Zipline

On Saturday we had another fun outing with Kate's Daisy troop (Thanks to those you you who purchased cookies, this one was paid for with those proceeds.) This time the girls went on the zipline! Kate was really excited for days about this trip. The morning of the zipline Kate was very quiet, and I finally got her to tell me she was nervous. Excited, but nervous. I just let her know that was perfectly normal.

Out of the troop 8 girls came along to participate in the zipline, and 2 other older siblings joined us. All of the girls who came got up the nerve to try the zipline, one of them at the last minute, but at least she got up the nerve! I am so proud of all of them, because it was a lot of work, and it was VERY high.

Here are the girls waiting for their instructors to arrive.

"Gator" has arrived, and they are getting to know each other.

A little stretching out...

Now it is time to get into the gear. Harness first.

Then the helmets...

Lined up in order and waiting for the group before us to finish up.

Now it's Kate's turn. They had a choice of climbing up a rope ladder or getting clipped on in the middle and pulled up. Climbing up this tube rope ladder was the hardest part in my opinion, I am really surprised how many of the girls chose to get up to the platform this way.

Kate is on her way... Look how high they had to climb. It was not easy either! Go Kate, Go!

Almost there...Kate is at the top!!

Some final instructions and a last minute pep talk...

And she off! Woo Hoo Kate!

Pulling the rope back for the next person.

They got to go one more time, but this time (to save time) they were hooked up in the middle, pulled to the end and released. This time she let go long enough to wave to her friends.

Afterwards they gathered together to talk about their favorite parts. Kate said "all of it!"

As excited as Kate was, she did get pretty nervous. As she was on top of the platform, she started to cry. As a mom it broke my heart a little bit, but she worked through it. When she was finished I asked her how she did that, and she just told me she thought about happy things and reminded herself how much fun it was going to be and she shopped crying and just fell back. My baby girl is becoming such a little lady! I am so incredibly proud of her! Now all she can talk about is wanting to do it again.