The Green Bridge

In Big Sky, we also stopped at the "green bridge" - a bridge over the Gallatin River that you can jump off of as the river happens to be deep enough there.  I'm not sure if it is naturally deep or if it was dug out, but it's a fun spot to hang out.

Rylan thought he wanted to jump off, so after watching a few other people jump, he and I walked up to the top.  He sat on the edge, looked over for a bit, then changed his mind and got back up.

We went back down to watch some more people jump and then Nick convinced him to walk up there again.  They both sat on the edge and Nick said he was just shaking!  We never made him do it and it was totally up to him, but eventually he said he wanted to if Nick would jump at the same time.  They counted to three and jumped!

After that, he was hooked and went numerous times by himself.

  

 Of course Mackenzie wanted to do it, but I initially told her she couldn't because we didn't have a life jacket.  But she wanted to so bad, so Nick went with her too, and held onto her the whole time.  She was nervous at first too and it took a little cheering from others, but she eventually jumped!  Of course she loved it and had to keep going and going.

Here are some videos, but I forgot that you can't hold the camera this way - so... tip your head a little.

Also, here's a video of Rylan going down the natural water slide in Spearfish Canyon.