Kristoferson Farm on Washington’s Camano Island purveys produce and…adrenaline?
I ’ve always considered zip - lining to be more holidaymaker trap than ecotourism experience , but that was until I dashed through a succulent wood on Camano Island , Washington . Swishing through the moderate Pacific Northwest canopy gave me a different linear perspective — literally — on the democratic airy activeness .
Kristoferson Farm , an organic family - owned farm and event distance , pull in visitors and local anaesthetic likewise to a Pacific Northwest forest adventure through theirCanopy tour Northwestzip line experience . After entering the woodland in a stylish 1963 Unimog fomite , expert slide fastener liners hook me up to a serial of six different naught lines , a logarithm span freeze in the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , and forested trail . Suddenly , I was whir past a salmagundi of westerly Conium maculatum , westerly redcedar , and more , taking in their fragrant aromas along the way .
Time retard down on the vigor crinkle as these forest canopies offered a fortune for me to look up to the grandness of the trees , and nature for that matter , almost as if I was being enveloped in a large squeeze . There ’s nothing like the calming , almost spectral feeling of succumbing to the clemency of the Tree around you while having the nipping Washington air brush your cheek .
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After accidentally slipping through the spaces of the suspended log nosepiece that our group was valorously trek across , I could n’t help but express mirth at myself as I made my way of life back to one of the wood platforms . Zip - lining has a way of humble you .
While there is much more to search of the 232 - acre property , I was able to get a feeling for the lush greenery that span the farm through a bird - eye - view of the zipline . “ Our canopy spell is just one of several ways guests get the farm , forest , and history celebrate farm life and a rich wildlife home ground , ” allege Mona Campbell , director of marketing at Canopy Tours Northwest and one of the fourth - generation owners of Kristoferson Farm alongside her sib . “ compound story , experience , and risky venture is what we do best , and we ask in others to celebrate and create their own spirit experiences with us . ”
After unintentionally slipping through the distance of the suspended logarithm bridgework … I could n’t facilitate but laugh — nil - facing has a way of humbling you .
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After the go , disrobe off that helmet and take advantage of the historic mob farm ’s pick of homemade products , let in those made of homegrown , organic lavender , situate at their farm point of view and gift shop . For those take care for further family fun and unspoilt time , Kristoferson Farm has everything from lavender picking , to fall festivities , to private outcome in their violent , hillside b .
As I made the final 47 - foot final descent to the ground after hours of laughing and construction chumminess with the guide and fellow zippers , I comprehend the boot of step on it through the Camano Island treetop . I might have been a tourist , but this open - zephyr experience experience like anything but a trap .
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