Last Sunday afternoon, we observed Lisa’s birthday a month late. For our family, it isn’t the date on the calendar but the people we spend the time with that matters. Our active daughter instigated zip lining at Lake Geneva Canopy Tours to celebrate. At 2:30, Lisa, her friend, Jeff, our son, Kurt, daughter-in-law, Sandy, grandchildren, Jacob and Katelyn, her fiance, Sean, Ken and I slithered into harnesses that served as comfortable swings and red hard hats, which our daughter inscribed with out names. Heavy gloves would protect our hands when we braked at the end of a line by placing our dominant hand against the wire. Our young guides, Kyle and Zoee, added pleasure to our adventure and took pictures to aid our memories.
Mother Nature smiled on us with temperature around eighty and sunshine. We started out riding in a wagon pulled by a tractor but that luxury was short lived. Trekking uphill on the shaky, wooden bridges and climbing the spiral stairways to the nine platforms was more strenuous than whizzing along the cables above the tree tops. Each trip was solo until the last one when we doubled up and raced. My opponent was my husband who won. Ken and I, both octogenarians, are grateful to be able to participate in three-generation escapades.
After two-and-a-half hours, all of us had worked up appetites to enjoy supper at Popeye’s (not the fast food chain). We topped off the day at our house with a homemade angel food birthday cake and strawberries. The nine of us were ready for an early bedtime.
How do you celebrate birthdays?