A zip line is so fine!

Friday we lazed around in the morning and in the afternoon we did an adventure called “Zip N’ Dip”  at the Princeville Ranch.  We got to do 9 ziplines, ranging from a couple hundred feet long to the biggest “King Kong” one at 1200 feet long, as well have lunch and a swimming dip at a hidden waterfall.

As everything on Kauai seems to be, the views on our adventure were breathtaking. One of my favorite zips was the one right before we stopped for lunch as we zipped over a beautiful stream.

Our guides were Derek (originally from Michigan) and Tyler (originally from Kansas).  Derek was a adventurous hippy-like guy who regaled is with tales of his many adventures, including Na Pali coastline hiking and what he did the day that a bomb attack on Hawaii was mistakenly announced (if you want to know that story, he chose to get a bottle of wine and drink it while waiting for imminent death.  He said when they announced a couple of hours later that it was just a mistake he thought, "Oh great, now I'm just a drunk bum at 9 AM!")  Tyler seemed to have a few less adventurous stories to tell, but they were both nice guys who made the day fun.

I didn’t end up taking the dip at the hidden waterfall, there were only 3 of the 7 in our group that did (Craig being one of them), but still enjoyed the peaceful waterfall area and the yummy lunch served there.

The final zip line was a double line one and a race.  Craig gave it a valiant effort, but came in probably milliseconds behind me! 😉  All in all, another great day!