Grenada Canopy 4
01.7.31 4:06 pm Grenada Canopy 4
So anyway, back to the Canopy tour, wihch sounds all tranquil like you are seeing a museum but are actually thrown down a moutain on a wire.
And I can't believe what I just saw....the couple behing me just left the cafe and this little kid selling Chicle walks up and sips down the rest of his drink.
And I can't really be too shocked cuz its certainlyu better than the people I see down here rummaging through the trash for a scrap of food, and I must admit a few times when serving table I thought about taking a bite out of someone's leftover food, but never did, cuz there is something socially wrong about doing it, but really, is it that bad of a thing to do, and its only shocking because I've never seen it before, although Grandpa Newman told me in France after the war, people would follow him around when he smoked, and when they'd throw their butts on the ground, they'd run up and grab it and smoke the rest of it, or collect the tobacco until they could smoke it, and sometimes they'd even not smoke the whole thing to help these cats out.
So I'm strapped onto the wire, facing forwards, and he grabs my leg, and Flips Me Over, so instead of being headup, I'm headdown. Upside down. Gonna cruise down this one that way. Loco. Super crazy. Awfully Mental.
And because Marcos likes me, or thinks I'm nuts or whatever, he does a little bouncybouncy, where he jerks the wire up and down in a wavelike fashion so we're bouncin' and the first bounce about puts my face right into a thing of leaves, and I'm screaming down this jungle, upsidedown, starting into where I would fall if the 6000 pound strong wire were to snap, which I know wouldn't because I'm an engineer who has figured out all sorts of wire stuff so support crap and I know they're pretty tough and wouldn't break from a little wimp like myself cruising around on it, and all.
Had ten such jumps and they were all pretty enjoyable. After a bit, oyu get kinda good at it, and can actually pivot as your flying, and take a gander at the countryside. We were up on the side of a mountain, in a tropical rain forest, whcih, frankly, isn't Something I See Everyday (SISED), but would like to.
So anyway, back to the Canopy tour, wihch sounds all tranquil like you are seeing a museum but are actually thrown down a moutain on a wire.
And I can't believe what I just saw....the couple behing me just left the cafe and this little kid selling Chicle walks up and sips down the rest of his drink.
And I can't really be too shocked cuz its certainlyu better than the people I see down here rummaging through the trash for a scrap of food, and I must admit a few times when serving table I thought about taking a bite out of someone's leftover food, but never did, cuz there is something socially wrong about doing it, but really, is it that bad of a thing to do, and its only shocking because I've never seen it before, although Grandpa Newman told me in France after the war, people would follow him around when he smoked, and when they'd throw their butts on the ground, they'd run up and grab it and smoke the rest of it, or collect the tobacco until they could smoke it, and sometimes they'd even not smoke the whole thing to help these cats out.
So I'm strapped onto the wire, facing forwards, and he grabs my leg, and Flips Me Over, so instead of being headup, I'm headdown. Upside down. Gonna cruise down this one that way. Loco. Super crazy. Awfully Mental.
And because Marcos likes me, or thinks I'm nuts or whatever, he does a little bouncybouncy, where he jerks the wire up and down in a wavelike fashion so we're bouncin' and the first bounce about puts my face right into a thing of leaves, and I'm screaming down this jungle, upsidedown, starting into where I would fall if the 6000 pound strong wire were to snap, which I know wouldn't because I'm an engineer who has figured out all sorts of wire stuff so support crap and I know they're pretty tough and wouldn't break from a little wimp like myself cruising around on it, and all.
Had ten such jumps and they were all pretty enjoyable. After a bit, oyu get kinda good at it, and can actually pivot as your flying, and take a gander at the countryside. We were up on the side of a mountain, in a tropical rain forest, whcih, frankly, isn't Something I See Everyday (SISED), but would like to.
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