In my backyard there is a row of baby trees that I've been wanting to jump for a while but never had a reason to do it. What better reason than to try and outrun the timer on my camera?

I looked out the window and then to my wife and asked "Do you think I could jump that tree right there?"

She replied with a bewildered look, "Maybe, why?"

I got up, grabbed the camera and went outside. With our two dogs staring at me from the back porch on which I placed the camera, I set the timer to two seconds and made my first attempt.

As expected for a first attempt, I failed to reach the tree in time before the camera clicked. Not only did I not reach the tree in time but I soon discovered that one of our "small" trees was now just a little higher than my waist. I quickly aborted the jump (not wanting to rake my neuticals across the tree as I would surely have not made it). Brushing off the sweat from a near embarrassing experience, I went back to reset the timer on the camera. This time I chose a much smaller tree (measuring up to my knees) and made attempt number two.

Again, failure. I started too late but made a successful jump. Knowing now that my future family and I would be relatively safe from harm, I quickly ran back to the camera to reset it for what I hoped would be the final jump.

Finally, a success! Now all that is left is to explain to my neighbors why I was out all night jumping trees in my backyard.