On location, seniors Abby Schoettler, far left and Ellie Mullins, accompanied by Emily Schoettler, ’11, back right, all Feather staff members, stop for a quick picture amidst the canopies of the Costa Rican rain forest.

Schoettler’s family and Mullins spent two weeks cruising through the Panama Canal visiting various Central American countries. Along with Costa Rica, their ports of call included Nicaragua, Guatemala, Columbia, Aruba and Mexico.

The Original Canopy Tour took them through eight stages of zip lining through Mahogany Park, one of several of the company’s locations throughout the world.

“As I was flying across the zip line I looked below me and spotted an ocelot on the forest floor,” Abby Schoettler said. “It looked so cute and cuddly, I wanted to bring it back on the ship with me and keep it as a pet!”