Out of the Comfort Zone

Today was a visit to a place called Terrapin Adventures.  It is an outdoor adventure center in Savage Mill, Maryland.  We went with the Girl Scout Troop.  We have decided to disband the troop at the end of the year so we are spending the cookie money that was earned this year.  Terrapin Adventures had a Girl Scout day today and we were lucky enough to be able to get spots in the 9:30am tour.

Yes, it was as fun as it sounds!  We had some really fun guides:  Byron, Steve, Chas, and Sally (the only girl with all the boys).  Sally was our main guide and she had us dancing, and singing which totally embarrassed MAC when I did it.  It was 3 hours of being outside, being on a zip line, swinging from a 45 ft. giant swing, trying to scale the tower in any number of ways, and challenging the "challenge course".

We got really lucky that the snow they called for last night only arrived in a small amount and that the sun came out this morning as we were leaving the house at 8:30am.  We were planning on going whether there was snow on the ground or not, it just made it easier to do the tour without snow.  Steve told me that they run the tour rain, shine, sleet, or snow and last February when we got 6 feet of snow on the ground they did have a hearty group doing the course.

MAC had a blast and even made a new friend.  The Zip line was really fun and she wasn't so sure that she wanted to get up and try the challenge course but after talking about it and seeing her friend do it she went up.  Even with an untied shoe she was able to make it around level one.  The most fun the girls had all day was on the swing.  They all wanted to do it multiple times and because we had such a small group (7 girls and 4 adults) we were able to try everything at least once and some of the things 2 or 3 times.

Yes we did try the rock climbing wall (which I have always wanted to try) and we tried the rope climb (it looks a lot easier when Johnny Depp does it in Pirates of the Caribbean) but all I can say is "thank goodness someone was there to belay me!"

Today was totally outside the comfort zone and we had a blast!

If you want to check out the site please visit:  http://www.terrapinadventures.com/