So this event actually occurred a few weeks ago from today (6/24/10), but it was so much fun that I need to put it in the blog for a documentary of the summer of 2010.
I'm talking about cliff diving at White Rocks aka Triples in St. Paul Indiana. St. Paul is a little town of about 1000 people that's located on the border of Shelbyville and Decatur counties.
Here's a shot of the downtown. This is the post office/liquor store.White Rock is an old quarry that filled up with water. There are three diving platforms, a 10, 20 and 30 footer, a zip line, and a rope swing. You get to sign your life away on a waiver in the case that something catastrophic happens...danger always makes things seem more fun.
Zip LineRoll call was Amy, myself, Aaron, Luke, Tessa, Dustin from the Burgh, Nick C., a guy named Scotty, a guy named Cunningham and his girl, and that was it more or less. We packed our coolers (Amy and I went way overboard) with food and drink, spread out some blankets and proceeded to get that special kind of sunburn that you can only get with sun and water.
Amy never learned how to swim properly, and that was going to be a problem since there is no place in the quarry you can stand on your own two feet. We decided that the life vest "diaper" style would be the best option for us. If you've never done this, just put your legs in the place where your arms are supposed to be buckle the vest around your waist and hop in! You bob like a cork with your head and shoulders above the water. It's not comely on the land, but is is pure slacker heaven on a lake or quarry. Check out the photo...I don't know that guy, but Amy would never let me take picture of her like that. I don't blame her, I wouldn't want one of me either.
Amy never learned how to swim properly, and that was going to be a problem since there is no place in the quarry you can stand on your own two feet. We decided that the life vest "diaper" style would be the best option for us. If you've never done this, just put your legs in the place where your arms are supposed to be buckle the vest around your waist and hop in! You bob like a cork with your head and shoulders above the water. It's not comely on the land, but is is pure slacker heaven on a lake or quarry. Check out the photo...I don't know that guy, but Amy would never let me take picture of her like that. I don't blame her, I wouldn't want one of me either.
Well there was plenty of swimming and diving and eating and hacky-sacking. As we were playing some guy said "Hey, 1998 just called and said that hacky sack wasn't even cool back then".
Hilarious.
The highlight of the trip for me though was Amy mustering up the courage to jump off of one of the diving platforms. This was awesome because when we first got into the water, I had to practically pry her off of the pier so we could actually swim. That's my girl!
I hope to get out there once more before summer is over. You should come.
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