Ready for
another TAKAHIK adventure
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...so we head
down into Dismal Hollow
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...and it was
not as easy as we thought
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But the ice
formations were beautiful
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Joshua and
David
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...and that
high energy kid...Cheyenne!
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Looking out of
the grotto
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...and the
grotto from outside
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Lots of neat
shelters
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and dangerous
icicles
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...and frozen
waterfalls
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and ice covered
pathways
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Our first big
waterfall
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..and it was a
nice one!
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Some of the
bluff lines from below
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Looking for a
way to the bottom
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..and we find a
way, so here we go?
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... and we make
it to the bottom
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Looking
upstream at the falls
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This is the
waterfall from below
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You had to be
there to see it's whole beauty
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A wide angle
view
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...and looking
downstream
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At the bottom
of this cliff is a "frozen hiker"
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Tristan
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....will
try....
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...anything!
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More water art
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Looking back to
where we had just come
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..and looking
forward to where we would go
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...but first,
getting there is half the fun
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Cheyenne loves
this kind of hiking
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... not sure if
mom likes it that well?
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Some nice water
and tree art
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Mitchell
looking for a dry crossing
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We have
everyone out looking for a crossing
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Sometimes we
have to do the best we can
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...to get
across
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...and we have
to work together
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But look what
you get to see on the other side
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...and yet
another crossing
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...and a boost
or two to get there
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So we find a
"not so windy" place to eat lunch
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Joshua is cold,
so guess what?
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David just
makes the best of it
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Our next
adventure will be getting out of here!
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... and of
course
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..you guessed
it, another creek to cross
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Cheyenne in a
hollow Beech Tree
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..but where
does she get all that energy?
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Ah!
That's the secret.
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..but first one
last look at Dismal Hollow
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An orange pin
flag, someone has been here before.
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We find our way
up and out
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We did find the
Bear Crack, as Tim Ernst had described
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..but some
chose to enjoy the sunshine and a rest
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Climbing up and
out was quite a feat in itself!!!!
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We decided to
take a shortcut back
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Even the road
we found was UPHILL!
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..but we made
it back to our vehicles, where we found Vic
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and Terrance
fast asleep in the jeep.
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Don't know
where this sign came from, we would not surely
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TRESPASS???
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