I had an AMAZING time today!  We went and did the zip line tour in Banning, GA and it is still unbeknown to me why it doesn’t get more attention.  The leaves were gorgeous and the weather was perfect, not too hot; not too cold.  Our group consisted of about 10 individuals, all of whom were extremely nice and eager to slide down the lines…with the exception of one lady whom chickened out!  But all in all, I had a blast and can’t wait to go back and do the “Big Daddy” line.  Which is supposedly over half a mile long and you can reach speeds of up to 60 mph, all while harnessed to a tiny cable hundreds of feet above lovely GA pines.  I got plenty of pics, please check out my gallery below:
http://www.lindseydawnsphotography.com/Galleries/2008/Zip%20Line%20Banning%20GA/zipline.html
You’ll have to excuse the helmet hair…

Historic Banning Mills website:
http://www.historicbanningmills.com/canopy.html

The funniest thing happened, if you don’t get enough speed up you will stop short of your platform and be stuck out on the line.  WELL, while riding the last line I didn’t quite get up enough speed to make it to my platform, so I got stuck naturally.  When you get stuck, you have to turn around backwards and use your arms to pull yourself to the platform.  Our entire group had went and I was the next to the last person to go so I had an audience… my pants are falling down and I’m mooning the entire group while pulling myself up.  It was hilarious!  My harness is going up my ass and I’m so scared I’m going to start sliding back down.  The guide was helpful though and he said I pulled it off beautifully- hold the applause please.  He just liked the crack shot!  I’m happy to announce, I got up and that story ended well.