Day: October 11, 2010

    Yorbing!?

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    I went yorbing with YorbNation – might have been the SCARIEST thing I have ever done – –

    Mom, Ben and I posing with the Yorb.

    or… having given birth one friday night and then strapping myself into the yorb the next friday night with my week old baby waitiing at the top…  my motherly instincts were probably in high gear and blocked out the crazy fun-ness of it, I was SCARED. Just plain scared as I rolled down the hill, harnessed in, with no control, heels over head, catching glimpses of sky and grass.

    Ben strapped in across from me!

    strapped in and excited - ready to get rolled down the hill!!

    So you get inside this big ball within a ball:

    Here we are ready to go - - 1, 2, 3, Yorb Nation!!

    and then you get rolled down the hill and it is quite a ride. Ben and my brothers and sister say it is the best thrill around. (I plan on trying it again someday when I am not so tuned in to my motherly instincts.)

    Here's a daytime shot of the ball.

    And the Yorb out in the middle of the park where you stop rolling.

    And after my roll down the mountain I tried to talk my mom out of going. I told my her not to do it- that it was too scary. Mom asked me if it hurt – no – it does not hurt. So She went for it! My mom went yorbing!, grandmother of 19! and all she had to say after screaming most of the way down was that it felt like she’s been inside the washing machine!

    Brady getting mom all harnessed!

    mom and kelsey!

    If anyone is due for a thrill ride, something that makes roller coasters seem wimpy, check out Yorb Nation, or let me know and I’ll hook you up with them.

    Categories: Ben, Jana