The B Stands For BRAVE

One option is that I've become brave.

However.

Another option is that I've lost my mind.

It began with that whole Zip Line/Screamer fiasco a few weeks ago...

And now this.

Gaze upon that, my friends.

100 feet of tower terror.

(I have proof.)

Here's the deal.

My mother-in-law, The Princess and I went on a little day trip earlier this week.

We've been waterlogged with ALL THE RAIN for a few weeks and the lovely sunshine just made it too tempting to stay inside.

Apparently, The Princess has missed the sun so much that she felt the need to be closer to it.

She spotted this tower early in our day and asked if we could climb.

I blew her off and said "maybe".

However.

By "maybe", I really meant "surely you'll forget by the time we come back because there's no way in the world I'll climb that dumb tower."

She didn't forget.

This was the cause of my initial concern.  Well.  My initial concern other than the 100 feet.

 

Do you see how rusted the money box thing is?

Does that give you a tiny inkling of how old this dumb tower is?

Here's the cause of my SERIOUSLY MAJOR CONCERN.  Well.  My SERIOUSLY MAJOR CONCERN other than the 100 feet.

 

Read it.  

I'm not kidding. 

Take the time and read it.

I'll wait.

...YOU CAN DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO GO UP?????

Are they for real?

OH MY WORD.

I made The Princess pay with her money.

There's no way I'm using my own money to fund my demise.

(My mother-in-law is a total chicken and went shopping.)

(She's reading this.)

(But I called her a chicken then, too.)

The steps were incredibly OLD AND RICKETY.

I had to, of course, go first so that I'd plummet to my death before The Princess.  

Who me?  Mother of the Year?  Why, thank you!

About half way up, I begged her to stop.

 

 

This is the view from the top.

100 FEET ABOVE THE EARTH.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.  It's pretty. 

Look!  It's my chicken mother-in-law!

She's the teensy orange dot coming out of the store.

I'm sure you are wondering about the wasp infestation.

We didn't see any on the way to the top.

Nope.

We saw them on the WAY DOWN.

Like, between me us and the ground.

Flying underneath the rickety, rotted stairs.

We had to dodge zillions of wasps to get to the precious ground.

It was pretty much horrible.

Except for this...

Comments

[Steff]

ok i have to know where that tower is cause my kids would think its awesome!!
and if its w. in daytrip distance for you it ought to be for us as well.
Steff

[Happy Geek]

That actually looks like a lot of fun.
Except for the whole exercise thing. That's a lot of stair-master.

[Kellyn]

I wouldn't have been able to do it, nope...freaked out and way out of shape! lol

Glad you did it though. Look at you fighting fears left and right!

[kyooty]

Go you! I'm very impressed that you went up there. I'd be sitting on the ground Rocking. My Hubbie is also afraid of heights, he took our too oldest to a Water Slide park, and he got 2 sets of stairs up on the longest Straight Drop slide? and Turned around. The boys went though!

[Lindsay @ Bytes of Memory]

oo my goodness so high! The view is amazing and the smile on the princess' face is priceless! Now think how many calories you burned walking up that thing!

[Dawn W]

Umm... no.

But you ROCK for doing it. Mom of the year for certain!

[Tara]

I think I'd do it. :)

How are things going with the Little Princess?

[Fuschia]

Yep, that smile makes it totally worth while! Well, maybe not totally. GO you!

[livinandlaughinoutloud]

Oh, I think the smile on her face (and the pictures) made it all worth it!

[Tammy]

You go girls.....I'm headed to a camp next week with my 5th grader. I heard there's a zip line...hoping there's not! :-D

[justanotherdayinparadise]

I know where you were. : ) I have also climbed the very scary stairs to nowhere. Kevin made me do it. He said it was ridiculous that I had never climbed that tower after living here all my life. . . You're very brave.

[rrmama]

I'm so proud of you for stepping, literally, out of your comfort zone!! YOU GO B!!! You are more brave than you think. Also just goes to prove...You can do anything with Christ!!!

[JenniferB]

I couldn't have done it -- I have terrible vertigo -- but my girls would have done it, taken photos of it, and then run up the stairs a second time just so I knew they did it. Yuck -- and WAY COOL!

[pinkmommy]

Oh my word, you are absolutely a brave mom! I know that smile was worth every single time your heart stopped beating!

[Kristin Stratos]

C stands for Crazy! I can't stand steps I can see thru... no way! Yes it's pretty from the top, but I can have copies of your pics!! ;) Glad you got your share of sun though! Just to tell you, from the day I got my bracelet from the Princess, I haven't taken it off and noticed the other day it was gone... I was so worried... then a few hours later my DS found it.. it had stretched out and fell off, so it's now on my vanity mirror so I can remember to say a prayer for y'all daily! I keep saying I'm going to cut it and retie it on, but I don't want to lose it! I'm superstitious like that! Happy weekend! kris

[misty]

I'd say it stands for brave. The wasps alone would have sent me shopping...
or rocking back and forth somewhere in a corner...

[Dana Jones]

that's awesome!

[Julie]

I saw one of those towers once while on a trip with my husband through Lake of the Ozarks. He climbed to the top. I didn't. I tried, but was not brave enough.

[Lori M.]

You are braver than I am. I love the view from up above, but not the height. I am a chicken. Is this tower in Eureka Springs by any chance? Or Hot Springs?

[Dawn W]

Just checkin' on you! I've prayed for you and your family today. Be blessed!