Our camp is just meters from downtown Queenston shops, supermarket and about 500 tour companies offering everything from kayak rentals to rent-a-Harley to "shot oven canyon swing". Karen and I toured the town by foot. Kiwis don't seem to like regular coffee ... everyone drinks cappuccinos. Even the bad coffee found in gas stations is limited to bad cappuccinos brewed from a magic coffee machine that does lattes and hot chocolate etc. This is a true tourist town at the height of high season ... 2 cap coffees is $9.00 and a nice NZ souvenir T shirt is $50. Upgrade to Billabong takes price to $75.00 ... for a T shirt.
Any who, we all had a great day at the top of the town ... we all rode up the gondola and then zipped back down on the luge race track. Back up again M+M steeled their resolve and successfully lept off the "Ledge" bungy ... 400 M above the lights of the city. Mitchell even managed a running swan dive.
Next they braved the sky swing challenge with Mikaela getting a bonus run to to a faulty video recorder (pre paid so they needed a second shot ... dang!) Bert decided to descend down the mountain via tandem para sail ... a first for me and a thrill too ... now that I am a 'senior' member of the Queenston extreme sport club.
BOSgone
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M&M...you ROCK!!! Jackie Boy will be sooo jealous. Woohoo to thee EXTREME Vertigo Vanderhoeden team.
Auntie Tanya
I'm jealous, too! Those extreme sport stunts are on my list of things to do before I kick the bucket! :-)
oops, forgot to introduce myself -- it's Anna, Angelica and Aaron's mom, from the gym!!
Hey you guys! You're putting all us boring "desk-sitters" to shame! Wishing we were with you.... ;(
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