We spent the end of our spring break week on a mini vacation to Huntsville, AL. One of our main goals was for Tim and Anna Kate to get an extreme geocache located on top of an old train bridge pillar located in the middle Flint River.
Emma and I spent over three hours watching them accomplish this huge feat. To occupy our time, we sang songs, played video games, threw rocks in the water...
...and had a mini photo shoot.
Anna Kate rode in a kayak while Tim wore hip waders. It took an enormous amount of time for Tim to get all the ropes set up. The water was pretty deep in places and the rocks he was walking on were slick, not to mention there was a pretty fast water current.
He shot the temporary rope over the pillar with this nifty sling shot he made.
After a couple of hours of prep work, the climbing finally began. Tim had to help Anna Kate get all hooked up and start climbing straight out of the boat so she wouldn't get wet. Then he started climbing too.
Tim made it to the top. Then Anna Kate worked on getting there too. They both did great, but I sure was nervous watching them.
They finally both made it to the top!
And found the geocache. Only six other people have actually climbed up to get this cache with three others also logging the cache because they helped from the water.
They took these pictures of each other with Tim's camera while on top of the pillar. Then Tim had to work to get Anna Kate back in the boat without her getting wet and get all the ropes gathered back up. He was so tired, Anna Kate got a little sunburnt, and we were all hungry and ready for a little rest.
By the way, here's a picture of my van loaded down with two kayaks. You should have seen the inside. We laid down the third row of seats and had that area loaded with tons of equipment, not to mention our luggage. Tim said we just about took everything but the kitchen sink.
Emma and I spent over three hours watching them accomplish this huge feat. To occupy our time, we sang songs, played video games, threw rocks in the water...
...and had a mini photo shoot.
Anna Kate rode in a kayak while Tim wore hip waders. It took an enormous amount of time for Tim to get all the ropes set up. The water was pretty deep in places and the rocks he was walking on were slick, not to mention there was a pretty fast water current.
He shot the temporary rope over the pillar with this nifty sling shot he made.
After a couple of hours of prep work, the climbing finally began. Tim had to help Anna Kate get all hooked up and start climbing straight out of the boat so she wouldn't get wet. Then he started climbing too.
Tim made it to the top. Then Anna Kate worked on getting there too. They both did great, but I sure was nervous watching them.
They finally both made it to the top! 
And found the geocache. Only six other people have actually climbed up to get this cache with three others also logging the cache because they helped from the water.
They took these pictures of each other with Tim's camera while on top of the pillar. Then Tim had to work to get Anna Kate back in the boat without her getting wet and get all the ropes gathered back up. He was so tired, Anna Kate got a little sunburnt, and we were all hungry and ready for a little rest.
By the way, here's a picture of my van loaded down with two kayaks. You should have seen the inside. We laid down the third row of seats and had that area loaded with tons of equipment, not to mention our luggage. Tim said we just about took everything but the kitchen sink.
2 comments:
Glad y'all had a fun little getaway, and they accomplished their goal! Happy SPring.
Way to go, Tim and Anna Kate!! I know they are proud.
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