Do you have a bucket list, a series of experiences you wish to have before you shuffle off this mortal coil?  I will admit that a few of life's possibilities yet to be savored still are on mine.  I can now cross one of them off my list: riding over a jungle rainforest canopy on a zipline. Wikipedia describes a zipline as: ... a pulley suspended on a cable, usually made of stainless steel, mounted on a slope.  It is designed to enable a user propelled by gravity to travel from the top to the bottom of the inclined cable by holding on to, or attaching to, the freely moving pulley.  I've spent the past week in Costa Rica, where ziplines are one of many tourist attractions available for amusement at comparatively modest cost, and with an acceptable safety record.  Last Friday, I finally had the time to sign up for an excursion to the ziplines at San Luis, one of the most famous...(Read Full Post)