Task #44: Go Ziplining and Climbing (Kim)

43.  Go Ziplining and Climbing

When I first heard about the Adventure Park in Bridgeport, I knew I had to go.  The Adventure Park is an obstacle course in the trees that features zip lining and climbing.  It has different levels organized by color - the hardest being Double Black Diamond.  Each level is higher than the previous one.

When we first arrived, we were given gloves and helped into harnesses.  Then, we were taught how to use the "clips" on our harness.  We had to practice and start on one of the lower level obstacle courses before venturing higher.  The courses did get to be difficult as we got higher, but a lot of it was all about mindset.  I knew if I fell I was attached to a harness and wouldn't get hurt, but every time I stepped on something that shook or moved a certain way, I would flinch dramatically.  It was hard not to feel like I was about to fall, even though I rationally knew I would be fine.

I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked because it is too high up for someone on the ground to take pictures as we progressed to higher levels, but I have included some pictures from online that show more of what the Adventure Park at Discovery Museum is like:

Photos From Online:

Task #42: Accumulate Over 1000 Page Views!

42.  Accumulate 1000 Page Views

When we first started the blog, we had no understanding of Blogger.  We slowly began to use "labels", which are tags that allow your blog to come up in a search engine, and we advertised our blog to friends and family.  Because of this, we started getting a few page views.  It was nice to have even one a day.  Of course, we always get the highest number of views on days that we post and use labels.  We were shocked when we got even 100 views, but over time, we realized more people would look at our blog than we originally thought.  Hitting 1000 views is a big milestone for us; we can see that even if people have stumbled on our website by accident, we may have impacted them or sparked their curiosity in some way.  This means that we are doing what we intended to do with this project: impact other people and inspire them to try new things rather than become warped in a mundane routine.

So, thank you to all our friends and family who regularly read this blog and to anyone else who may be reading.

Task #33: Go Paddle Boarding (Rachael)

Task 32: Go Paddle Boarding

We started our Project Explore in the summer, but we did not establish our blog until the fall. Needless to say, I am a little late posting this task. This past summer, paddle boarding was on my "bucket list". My friends Hannah and Haley have a house on a lake as well as a paddle board, so it was a perfect match. Results shown below (P.S. we didn't fall off!).