Friday, October 28, 2011

Monkido Adventure Park with the fam, Vancouver Island

Earlier in the summer all the Sharma kids got together on Vancouver Island for a weekend together.   Besides lots of laughs, BBQs and tossing the disc, we also tried out the Monkido Adventure Park, which I’d highly recommend.  It’s a rope course in the trees that is sure to challenge your balance and get your heart racing as you almost topple over.  

It’s pretty popular so we had to hang out for a bit enjoying the sunshine and hamming it up for the camera.

Finally it was our turn for the safety procedure and giving ourselves all wedgies trying to squeeze ourselves into the harnesses.

The course itself is a long combination of nets, ropes, beams (secured and swaying) and zip lines. 
 
 
Taking a breather inside a barrel.
 
 
Probably one of the tougher parts of the course.  Dev has an intense look of concentration in the first and just looks plain confused on where to go next in the second pic.

 

I’m a littled balanced-challenged in this shot…

 But all three of us made it to the end in one piece :)
 

We also checked out the Blue Grouse winery (they have some delicious whites). 
 
 And here we are brown-bagging it home

Other pics from a walk we did (Dev got pretty excited skipping rocks) 

 
 Yes Dev, you have found the perfect skipping rock of all time.
Now he tries his luck with a 10 pound boulder...
  
Which way's the beach?
A perfect end to the weekend with a Hefeweizen in the backyard in the sun: