Cliff jumping

Last Saturday included a little adventure in cliff jumping. It was a ridiculous amount of fun! My neighbor, Matt, invited me to go with him and his friends and I was a little skeptical at first. I decided to go because I knew I'd regret it if I didn't. The place is in St. Paul, Ind. at White Rock Park between Indy and Cinci. It's an old stone quarry designated for swimming and cliff jumping.

I watched this video before I went so I knew what I was getting myself in to.

It was crazy fun and definitely got my adrenaline pumping. Five of us went and only three of us jumped off the 30-foot cliff. I did it!!!! There were a bunch of different heights to jump from, so I started with the lowest one and worked my way up. They also had a zip line and a rope swing. I would go back in a heartbeat.

And thank goodness for me doing some research before we went. I knew they had a place where you could float around on rafts, so I "encouraged" Matt to pick a couple up before we left. It was so relaxing to float around after jumping. I also packed a picnic for everyone, which turned out to be a good idea since we were in the middle of nowhere with no food to be found.

I had no problem jumping in, but some people took forever. One of the guys was getting ready to jump off the 30-foot cliff and the girl in front of him took about 15 minutes to decide if she was going or not. I thought he was going to push her off the edge. She finally went. Right before I was ready to jump, the girl in front of me started panicking and eventually decided she wasn't going to do it. Those are the people that really freak you out! I was good to go with all of the jumps, but people like that make you start second guessing yourself. I'm so happy I had the courage to do it!!! It was an absolutely awesome day.