the Paladinos

Shaddox Hollow Hike

Sunday, October 7, 2012 by Leslie Paladino

After church today Michael talked us into going on a hike at one of the state parks by Beaver Lake.  It was a beautiful trail and we had a great time.  So glad the kids are old enough to start getting into things like this even though they did end up on our backs and shoulders a couple of times because Peter “ran out of walking.”

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He’s ready to go!

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Gabby and her walking stick that Uncle Sammy made for her. 

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Yep, what every avid hiker needs.  Starbucks!  How yuppie are we!  The drive wasn’t long enough to finish it in the car and you can’t not finish it.

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Wax on,  Wax off.  He had to do it! 

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Love my sweet boy!

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Love this picture.  That’s a little cave entrance in the background.

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Dried out creek bed at the bottom of the trail.

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Smile

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The trail was pretty natural for the most part but they did add these helpful stairs at one point. 

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After we finished the trail we drove down to one of the campgrounds to look around.  We saw 6 deer in the woods and they let us watch them for awhile. 

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You can’t tell what’s going on here but it was a young deer that just bounced right up to it’s momma and started nursing.  Never seen that before!

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