Rich on the Road

I love my job! Today is a prime example of why. Photographer John Gnann and I spent a splendid day in the rolling forest outside New York, Texas (yes, there IS a New York, TX) shooting a feature on a new zip-line destination. Five years ago you had travel to Costa Rica or Hawaii to fly across the tree-tops on zip lines but a few of them have started to pop up here in the states and this is the best one I've found to date -- NY TX ZipLine Adventures.

It's set high on a hill top east of Athens with a view that is magnificent. You can see the skyline of Tyler 30 miles away and the view in one direction is easily 60 miles. I never realized that East Texas had this kind of topography. And, it is perfect for zip-lining -- a perfectly safe way to get a great adrenaline rush. You are hundreds of feet in the air but always attached by safety lines as you fly along a cable from treetop platform to treetop platform.

NY TX ZipLine Adventures just opened this month. Eventually owners Chuck and Connie Shultz hope to have a bed & breakfast (in the historic home they moved here from Jacksonville, TX) and cabins. We sat out on the porch and enjoyed the view after the ziplining was over and it was spectacular.

The feature will run in our regular Sunday night at 9-pm Lone Star Adventure spot -- not this Sunday but the next. Right now, the adventure is by appointment only but you can find more on the web at www.GoZipTexas.com

I recommend it highly. Highly.

Rich