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Zipline

 The Ogden homeschool group has gotten to do so many neat things, thanks to the director Lisa. Today was the year end fun day and it was great. The boys and I went to Sunstream camp between Ogden and Boone for zipline and archery. It was the most perfect day sunny warm, no wind, and no bugs.  We had a group of around 15 kids. We all geared up including myself for the zipline. I had no idea what to expect and loved it. I didnt think Luke would actually do it, he surprised me. He is very cautious and leery to try things that look scary. Our first of 5 ziplines was 100' in height and 200' in length reaching 22 mph. Jake and Luke hooked on to the zip line and were off without any worry. It was so cool to see them zipping along suspended over trees. It was really quite fascinating zipping over the tree lines in a valley of trees. It was fast, but not crazy fast.We zipped from one area to another going through 5 lines. The last was the fast one reaching up to 45 mph. The instructor talked it up so much that Luke got scared of the idea. The zipline was a hit and I am glad we got the opportunity.
The second stop was smores and archery. The kids got a quick lesson, then they were off to shoot the targets. Luke really liked archery and is hoping to get his own bow for Christmas.
In the evening I took the kids to 4H horse project. The topic for the night was Horsemanship. Jake did great on Eagle and Jayden's horse Ace, is always impressive in whatever he does. He is not a show horse, but he is quite the  all around for sure. The instructor used him as an example. He was impressed with her horse.

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