before me and tony went down the buffalo river, he asked me if i liked rope swings. i told him i did, and so he was very excited because he thought he had a cool girlfriend to do cool things with. so, we go to this lovely venue...
and rent an equally lovely canoe, and start our journey. we come to a HUGE tree with a tiny little rope attached to it, and that, he informs me is the one we are going to jump from.
you see tony gracefully gliding through the air? that was not me. i promptly let go of the rope and face-planted in the water. it was not cute or photo-worthy. we finished the trip and had an awesome time. a few weeks later (after running the women's half marathon), we took off again. this time with his cousin jon and his friend leah.
once again, we see tony about to leap gracefully from the tree. me and leah watched politely from our canoes. and at the bottom left, you'll find jon hitting the water to "scare away the snakes," yet another reason to avoid the killer tree. they had an awesome time, and i saved my dignity that go around. anyways, we camped out and when leah and i finally woke up, there was a sweet little carving in a tree (pictured below)
so, i'm looking forward to this summer when we can get out on the canoe and camp and hang out with whoever wants to brave the 21 miles down the buffalo with us...i can't wait!
