A picnic, we decided, was the plan. The hike was an ad-on adventure. We got two fabulous healthy meals boxed up from Whole Foods, and drove out to the gorge. We chose the scenic destination of Tripple Falls, a 4.3 mile loop hike, with 740' elevation gain and a rather impressive trifecta waterfall as the focal point. Two food boxes, backpack, and dog leash in hand we set out on this "moderate" hike. Maybe it would have been moderate on any other day when we weren't trying to juggle all our "luggage." It was a very Up-Down kind of hike, the kind where you are going up and down hill repeatedly all while continuing to climb into the sky. Several "what were we thinking"s later and a brush with almost getting very lost, we arrived at the falls. There was a lovely picnic spot across the gorge with the best view of the rushing water and the.... people? Yes, in the photo above you can spot 3 very small people standing treacherously close to the edge of certain doom. Watching them jump over and around the peaks of the falls made for suspenseful, if not amusing, dinner entertainment. I kept envisioning a wrongly placed foot and sudden catastrophe. My camera was poised and ready to capture the events for one of those reality TV shows about stunts gone wrong. But alas, the sun was quickly retreating and it was time head back to the car. I'm gonna assume, by the lack of their faces in the news, that the dare-devil family made it off the rocks unscathed. This hike, if carrying your pies in hand, rated 3 1/2 to 4 pies.
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