Below: After Karen Duquette took the first picture shown below, Lee Duquette kept on driving. Karen told Lee that they had to get to the other side of the billboard so she could photograph the face of the man on the top of the billboard. Lee said, "There's a man on top of a billboard?" "You did not see him?" asked Karen. Look below everyone!

Below: From the parking lot, only one of the 10 towers (that zipliners MUST climb) could be seen.

Below: There is also an Aerial Adventure Section here, partly shown in the one photo below. But the two RV Gypsies do not really like walking the rope courses or wobble bridges. There are 3 different skill levels and 53 different challenge obstacles. Call the park for more information.

Below: Since The two RV Gypsies arrived early for their zipline tour, they took a brief walk on the Shallotte River Swamp Park Nature Trail (included in the zipline tour, otherwise there is a $10 charge). Most people walk the trail just to see the alligators. Of course the two RV Gypsies, being Florida people, have seen lots of alligators, but they walked the trail anyway, since the price was included in the zipline and they had time to spare.

Below: First view from the trail - no alligators yet.

Below: Alligators down below the walking trail.

Below: A Turtle

Below: End of the walking trail

Below: Then it was time for the two RV Gypsies to zip along on the Zipline. That is the main reason why the two RV Gypsies took an RV trip to this area. The tour is about 3 hours long and includes 10 zipline stations, three swinging bridges and more than 1.25 miles of cable.

There were WELL-OVER 350 stairs (not all at once) and then Karen Duquette lost count. The guides did not know how many stairs were here. There were three guides on the tour, one at the tower that hooks everybody safely to the zipline, and one at the other tower, who unhooks everyone.

The third guide was supposed to take photographs because they did NOT allow anyone to have their cell phone or camera with them on the tour. However, he only took ONE photo of the two RV Gypsies on one of the stair platforms and one of a young teen-age girl on a zipline. To say that this was a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT to the two RV Gypsies is an understatement. Actually, Karen Duquette was pissed because she wanted the photos for this website. Karen did complain and received an apology - Big Deal!

Otherwise, the guides did a really good job. There were three swinging bridges with big open spaces between the pieces of wood, that were spaced quite a bit apart, and no handrails at all. Karen Duquette did not like those bridges. Of course, she was hooked to an overhead line, but it was scary not having anything on the side of the bridges. She really did not want to dangle from the overhead line. The two RV Gypsies will never do this particular zipline again.

NOTE: To see any of the other ziplines that the two RV Gypsies have been on, use the TOC button at the top of any page, then choose the letter Z and scroll down to ziplines (or click here and then scroll down to ziplines). But be sure to return back to this page for the rest of the adventures.