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To: ChocChipCookie

I would stay even farther back than that....I told wifey - who was gleefully leaning over the rail for a better look - that if she slipped, she was on her own, ‘cause I wasn’t getting any closer.


16 posted on 07/14/2009 9:45:39 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Impeach now....not next month... now)
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To: ErnBatavia

I was standing at an observation rail on a platform that was overhanging the canyon a bit. I was nervous, but OK with it, until...

A busload of Japanese tourists swarmed down onto the platform. They happened to be “comfortable” with jostling.

I got the heck out of there.


30 posted on 07/14/2009 9:55:23 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: ErnBatavia

My wife and I drove through Rocky Mountain National Park on that winding state highway that runs through it, she was terrified the whole time.

I was driving and that may have had something to do with it. I offered to let her drive and she wouldn’t do that either.

It was the first time I’d ever seen snow on my b/day - June 29th.


58 posted on 07/14/2009 10:13:47 AM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Selah.)
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To: ErnBatavia
My wife isn't a fan of heights and kept her distance from the edge when we visited the Grand Canyon. I, on the other hand...


123 posted on 07/14/2009 12:26:25 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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