Busy Weekend

We finally both had a Saturday off, so we decided to fill our Friday and Saturday with lots of action and adventure.

Friday was a great start to the weekend. As soon as MB got off work we headed to Chipotle for lunch, and then it was off to the lake! Normally Lake Allatoona is not crowded on a Friday afternoon, so it's a nice time to go out there, and then leave just after rush hour, when all the weekenders start piling into the lake.


Saturday morning we ran the Doug Kessler Lightning 5k. TG had her best time ever at 29:15. Perhaps it was due to her brand new running shoes, which she claims makes her a "running beast".


After the race was over we had to quickly drive home to shower and get ready for our first Georgia Tech game with our old neighbors Chuck and Marynka.


Stadium is awesome because you can see downtown from the upper stands. It was around 90° the whole game, and we prayed for a few clouds to give us some shade. We had 2 clouds the whole game and about 5 total minutes of shade. Sunscreen was a must. Thanks to 7 coke zero's and 2 ice cream's we were able to make it through the game.

We looked awesome in our blue GA Tech shirts....really authentic....until we realized it was white-out day. Didn't get that memo. Oh well.


After the game, it was back home for a much needed second shower, and then off to MB's co-worker's birthday party. Quite fun, but after a couple beer's and margaritas, we were ready to go to sleep.


We had plans to go kayaking Sunday morning, but that got canceled when we woke up to a downpour. Maybe next time.

Zipline!!!

Today we went to the Chattanooga Zipline. Its a new exhibit they have near Ruby Falls. There are 2 courses, and normally it takes about 45 minutes, but we got stuck behind a group of women doing an "encouragement field trip". Good for them, bad for us. Most of them were not good with heights, and were very slow. Note to self....if you go there again, turn around if you see 50 women in bright red shirts.


Anyways....It is set up like an obstacle course. You gradually climb in height through a series of rope bridges, horizontal ladders, wooden planks. Then you get to 2 separate long ziplines, where you basically just sit back and enjoy the ride through the trees. At first, you don't really need to hold on to your harness as you move down the course. The beginning is quite easy.


Then it gets a little bit harder, as the obstacles require more balance and holding on to your harness (I think both of us double checked a couple times just to make sure we were latched in tight).



But its all worth it in the end. Because the end is the fun part. Most of the course is just about 2-3 stories above ground.


It was a ton of fun and we worked up a bit of a sweat! Good times!