Maggie

One of our youngest adventure seekers, Maggie, is very sick and in need of your prayers.  Maggie has been in Children's Healthcare of Atlanta for 4 days now.  She has pneumonia, she is having trouble at night with her oxygen levels.  Please keep Maggie and Brandi in your prayers.  Pray that she will get well quick and she can go back to having adventures very soon.  Stephanie

Spring Break

Yesterday we had a little adventure!! We went rock climbing, rappelling, and rode a zip line. Brandi unfortunately hurt her back and we could not do our Amazing Race adventure, so we had to come up with plan B. Brandi and her kids did not get to go, but next time they will:). The kids loved everything...rock climbing was their least favorite. I think there legs were a little short and it was 91 degrees. My favorite was rappelling. I have rappelled before but yesterday I did a couple of inverted rappels. Now I am addicted and want to go back. The kids also ate snails (I also tried them...not bad). Thanks to http://www.trueadventuresports.com/ we had a great and safe time.

P.S. I know what you are thinking...Yes I know I need to lose 10 lbs. I am working on it.

Summer To-Do List by Stephanie

Here is what I hope to get done this summer. I want to take the kids to zip line in NC http://www.screamtimezipline.com/. I want to go white water rafting http://www.raft.com/ and I want to kayak down the Tennessee River http://www.outdoorchattanooga.com/. Who knows if we will have time to get all this done. We only get 8 weeks of summer. We also have to fit 1-2 Florida trips in there and some wild caving. Stay tuned to see what we actually get to do. I also can't wait to see Brandi's to do list.

Win a pink kayak!!!!!!

Win A Pink Kayak at 2010 Women's Expo Calling all female adventurers! Join us at the 2010 Women's Expo on March 27, at the Cartersville Civic Center and you could be the lucky winner of this pink kayak, courtesy of Etowah Outdoor Adventures. The expo takes place from 9 am-4 pm with a variety of exhibitors and continuous 30-minute seminars on health, fitness, finances and more. Spend the day and sample a Taste of Bartow with delicious food from many fantastic local restaurants. Tickets are $5 per person and proceeds benefit the American Red Cross. The Cartersville Civic Center is located at 435 West Main Street in downtown Cartersville. For information call 770-382-0981.

Another great hike.

Today me and my DH celebrated our 14 year anniversary...so we went hiking. Hiking is one of my favorite thing to do. I love being outside and getting exercise at the same time. We went to Pine Log Creek near Waleska. The hike was beautiful. It was very mountainous and was 4.15 miles long. About 3 miles in I said "I am so glad our kids are not with us because we would be hearing some major whining". That was also the point I was also thinking I should have brought a snack and some water. I am semi-famous for not being prepared for hikes. A couple of years ago, after much begging my husband stopped by the walls of Jerico in Alabama. It said it was a 3 mile hike...I thought no problem I do that all the time. Well...it would have been no problem if I had not being wearing flip-flops, we had no water , and no snacks plus we had not eaten breakfast that morning. I get low blood sugar if I do not eat every two hours:) so you can only imagine. To make a very long story short...I thought I was going to die that day (LOL). The hike took us over 5 hours and I totally would have eaten anything (Bear Grylls watch out). I was starving, my feet hurt, and I was dehydrated, so needless to say my husband still brings that up when I say I want to go hiking.

Free Adventure Backpack to one lucky follower.

One lucky follower will receive this great backpack. All you have to do is post a comment to this post and I will randomly draw a name for the backpack. Make sure to include your name on the post.

Adventures in sports

While my family has not been caving or hiking in a few weeks, we have spent time outdoors. My son, Finn, plays competitive baseball. He has been in tournaments for the past couple of weeks. His team won the Frozen Rope tournament and walked away with "gold medals". They won the week of the Olympics and so in lieu of trophies, the tournament gave medals.
During this time of the year, we have to work extra hard to fit in our other outdoor loves. This is why we already have an exciting adventure planned for spring break with TAS.
Brandi