Brittney Loves Bob: Rachel's Birthday

So this year I decided to spoil my sister Rachel for her birthday and take her somewhere special, to do something I knew she had always wanted to do.... I took her indoor skydiving, indoor surfing and rock climbing! I picked her up Saturday morning and we headed up to ifly and flowrider in Ogden. It was an interesting drive due to my phone's bad directions and Rachel's bad instructions... She isn't the best GPS controller! We finally made it just before our appointment to skydive. It was a fun experience. They give you 2 times to go and you are in the tube for about a minute. You basically fall into a tube that is blasting air at extremely high speeds and it makes you feel like you are free falling. As an experienced skydiver I have to say it was fun, but nothing compared to the real thing! Then again it's not as expensive as the real thing either!

My ifly certificate from indoor skydiving

Rachel's ifly certificate after indoor skydiving

Next we went to flowrider for an hour of surfing and boogie boarding. This was probably the most fun part of the day. Although we wiped out a lot, it didn't really hurt as long as you didn't crash into the grates at the top of the wave after you fell. The lifeguard would hold a rope for you so that you could get your balance before surfing on your own. However by the end of the hour Rachel and I were both able to get up and stay up without the help of the rope (Rachel was better than me, I only stayed up on my own for a couple seconds, but she managed close to a minute!)

After a brief lunch at Costa Vida, Rachel and I went to our last activity of the day, Rock climbing. This was the only activity we actually got pictures of since we weren't wet or being thrown around a wind tunnel. Rock climbing was fun. Rachel didn't do too much because she was tired from the other activities and rock climbing takes a lot of energy as well as strong muscles. I was so excited to rock climb, that I forced myself to climb anyway. I only made it to the top on the easy wall, but I made it pretty high on the medium wall and I made it past the first big ledge on the hard wall. There was also a little rock in the middle of the room that you could climb and sit on top of, and I did that just fine without the help of the safety rope!

Rock climbing

I made it up the first ledge on the "hard" wall

Trying to figure out where to go next...

Sorry it sideways! This is Rachel beginning a climb

Again, sorry it's sideways! Here's an action shot of Rachel
climbing

climbing the little rock without the safety lines

I made it to the top!

Feeling rather accomplished after my climbs!

Once again, it's sideways, sorry! Rachel and I enjoying
some sisterly bonding

After all of the excitement we went back to the house for some dinner and of course Rachel's cake and ice cream. It was a really fun and exciting day (as well as exhausting!) and I'm sure we will remember it for years to come!