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| DISMAL HOLLOW 11/28/09 | 
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		 Dismal Hollow Trailhead .... what trailhead?  | 
		
		 Heading down  | 
		
		 ....and across  | 
	
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		 ....and under  | 
		
		 Our bear was still up the tree  | 
		
		 ....and Dave was still on a tree  | 
	
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		 Dave found something  | 
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		 Some of the bluff lines  | 
		
		 A hole in a rock up above ... neat!  | 
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		 We continue on  | 
		
		 You won't believe what we found  | 
		
		 A fishhook ...proves water was way up here on top of the bluffs?  | 
	
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		 Above Dismal Hollow  | 
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		 Honeybee tree .... invaded by someone?  | 
		
		 ...and our view from on top  | 
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		 Hawksbill?  | 
		
		 Looking back up Dismal Hollow  | 
		
		 ...and guess who?  | 
	
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		 Bill looking at Dismal  | 
		
		 ...and us  | 
		
		 We had made it to the "Bear Crack" so why not lunch!  | 
	
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		 Maurice and Max  | 
		
		 Chuck  | 
		
		 Bill, Theresa and Dave  | 
	
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		 Terrence  | 
		
		 Andy  | 
		
		 Dale  | 
	
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		 A great spot for lunch  | 
		
		 Meditation  | 
		
		 ...and Us on the Crack  | 
	
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		 Ever been down a Bear Crack?  | 
		
		 Pam has!  | 
		
		 Way down!  | 
	
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		 Dale makes it down  | 
		
		 Looking out the crack  | 
		
		 Chuck in the crack  | 
	
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		 A pedestal  | 
		
		 ...and bluffs  | 
		
		 ...and some of us on a log ....resting!  | 
	
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		 Maurice and Max  | 
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		 Pam is crying...she doesn't want to leave .... sure!  | 
		
		 Gary  | 
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		 ...more resting  | 
		
		
		 ...and more resting. One good thing about the ice storm...plenty of places to sit!  | 
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		 Hike leader .... sort of!  | 
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		 We finally made it to the road after our shortcut  | 
		
		
		 Not too sure about our shortcuts  | 
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		 Good to have Chuck back with us ... he works most Saturdays  | 
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		 Yeah, we made it!  | 
		
		
		 This might be our last time to Dismal Hollow until all the downed trees rot, and that may be a loooooooong time.  | 
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		 Max did better than anyone ...of course he's young!  |