Whitney and I had a relaxing morning sitting outside Crystal enjoying our coffee and Diet Dew. We read the news, got caught up, and enjoyed the peace and quiet. Because we knew our afternoon was going to be adrenaline packed!

We decided to take the plunge, and we bought tickets to a big foot themed zip line adventure that was followed with a jet boat adventure. Our guides, Ryheim and Dawkins, were young men from Jamaica, working in the Dells for the summer with a bunch of their other friends (how fun does that sound as a young adult!). It was just Whitney and I with Ryheim and Dawkins, as well as Jessica, who had never zip lined before.

Whitney and I were concerned that Jessica wasn’t going to make it, but she overcame her fears and had a blast. As we supported and cheered Jessica on, she began to open up to Whitney, perhaps a bit too much. Whitney heard all about her current relationship problems.

There were 7 zip lines that we climbed stairs to (745 all together), and 2 of them were racers. That means 2 people could go on separate, parallel zip lines and race to the bottom. It was really fun! It was neat to see the water/amusement parks, the local owner’s house on an island in the lake that has burned down twice, and zip line over their stagnant pond. Ryheim and Dawkins were funny and answered our silly questions about their experiences in the Dells.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) the photographer couldn’t get us in focus, so we don’t have any pictures from the zip line. After completing the lines, we ran to Walmart for a quick errand and home to Crystal to walk/feed Murphy.

We drove back to the zip line place to take their shuttle to the jet boat. Who did we see when we got there? Jessica, who insisted that we sit together. After a short, but wild, bus ride to the jet boat, we boarded and began our trip.

The jet boat is 38 feet long, 14 feet wide and can take 58 passengers, although we only had a few dozen. It rides almost on top of the water, allowing for quick turns and 360s, and power stops. It was really fun, although we didn’t realize that we would be completely soaked. We knew we would get wet, but the quantity of water was impressive. The captain drove towards another jet boat’s wake, then power stopped the boat into the wake, plowing the bow into the water and a massive wall of water washed over the passengers. It was unexpected, but very awesome. We took a tour of the Upper Dells (cool canyon-like shores and rock formations), and experienced more tricks. Although freezing since the sun wasn’t reaching the bottom of the canyons, we still had a blast!

As we shivered in the bus on the way back to base, we decided sushi/hibachi was going to be for dinner. We drove back to Crystal, got dried off and went to Kyoto (the restaurant, not the Japanese city).

Dinner was delicious, and the chef even had a few moves we hadn’t seen before. We went back to Crystal after dinner and listened to more Bob and Tom.