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| PARADISE FALLS 10/31/09 | 
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		 Paradise Falls  | 
		
		 We begin at the trailhead  | 
		
		 ...and almost immediately we find the creek  | 
	
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		 There were waterfalls everywhere  | 
		
		
		 Nice ones  | 
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		 Worth taking pictures of  | 
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		 Baby would be tired before we get out of here  | 
		
		
		 We would be tired before we get out of here  | 
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		 It was like this the whole way! Not very much fun, ask Valli  | 
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		 Just before Paradise  | 
		
		 The spillway into Paradise  | 
		
		 ...and the green pool  | 
	
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		 Dale was the only one that went below, he almost killed himself!  | 
		
		 Paradise Falls  | 
		
		 We made it this fall, found Paradise and now for lunch  | 
	
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		 We needed some refreshments  | 
		
		
		 ...and rest!  | 
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		 We all decided we did not want to go back the way we came....so we decided to take a shortcut back! Bad mistake!  | 
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		 We would end up crawling up hills like this  | 
		
		 ...and like this  | 
		
		 and doing a lot of resting at the top  | 
	
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		 Carol was beginning to wonder, what have we done?  | 
		
		 ...but we continued on, not sure where we were  | 
		
		 Tempers begin to flair!  | 
	
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		 Exhaustion was getting the best of us!  | 
		
		
		 ...but we did find a cave on our "shortcut"  | 
	
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		 This is a "fake" smile on Connie  | 
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		 We call this our tuck and roll technique  | 
		
		 We would all practice it  | 
		
		 It took some longer then others  | 
	
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		 See, I told you Baby would get tired!  | 
		
		 We finally found an open field and could see the highway in the distance  | 
		
		 We knew we were safe now!  | 
	
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		 We came out one by one!  | 
		
		
		 This man passing by came to our rescue  | 
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		 ...and yet another "fake" smile  | 
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		 ...and that's how you make a 5 mile hike out of a 2 mile hike!  | 
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		 We ending up way down the highway from our cars  | 
		
		 No more "shortcuts"  | 
		
		 but I bet we will talk about this hike a long time!  |