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All right, we have arrived at uh the Canada Creek 
Trail. Supposed to be Canada Creek Trail to Big

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Creek Falls, but um we've been on this trail 
before and it gets cut off by some private

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property. So, Godfrey and I are just going to 
take this hike. It's supposed to be pretty easy.

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Um, it's about what 70° and uh sunny 
late spring day. Should be an easy hike.

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He's excited to be out. Let's see 
how he does. So, let's get going. So,

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it has been raining quite a bit here in 
Georgia in North Georgia. And you could

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see here that a lot of this road's been kind 
of washed out a bit and the uh the streams,

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the creeks seem to be running kind of strong. 
Hopefully not too bad to get across some of

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these water crossings this time. Here we 
go. The creek is running pretty strong.

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really rushing. That's going to be hard to 
get across even though it's really small. So,

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I semisuccessfully tossed the log across the 
stream. I say semi because it's not quite

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where I needed to be, but whatever. Ended 
up splashing myself a bit in the process,

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but I'm across. I don't think it'd be too 
difficult to get back across on the way back.

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So, like I said, we've been here before. 
We've seen these before, but you know,

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I'm going back over some old trails. The 
ones that I remember are easy. Um because,

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you know, Godfrey's hips are 
not friendly to him anymore. So,

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um I still remember this was a decent 
a decent hike, even though it was easy.

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Godfrey never missed a puddle he didn't like.

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All right, with all this rain, the road,

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this is like a forest service road type 
thing, is a little bit washed out. So now

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we got to walk off to the side and see 
if I can't find a dry way around this.

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I think the last time we came, we're walking 
right now through some pretty tall grass. I

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think this was pretty pretty uh cut back 
before. Or maybe we came earlier in the

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spring. It wasn't so dense. Looks beautiful 
though. So, this trail is rated as easy. I

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don't remember how easy it was exactly, but 
I'm counting on the rating uh to be accurate.

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So Godfrey can have a good a good hike in 
the woods without trying to kill himself.

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And it follows the creek, Canada Creek, I would 
imagine. And it's supposed to go to some falls,

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but I wish uh wish didn't get that didn't cut 
across private property or at least that they

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didn't um put a chain up across that. That's what 
I remember. I took a picture of it before because

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we were disappointed that we couldn't continue 
on. Hey, looks like the storms have down some tree

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limbs. So, there's a tree blocking the trail here. 
So, we're going to have to bushwack it a little

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bit through the woods to get around that blockage. 
See where we can go. Well, that wasn't too bad.

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Um, but the trail does seem a bit overgrown.

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Um, the trail itself is well worn, but 
the vegetation along the sides are all

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kind of starting to creep in. And I know 
I'm even though it's like after 10:00,

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I'm the first person out here because of all the 
spiderw webs that are hitting me in the face.

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this beautiful creek that 
runs right along the trail.

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And my dog has decided to uh sit in the mud.

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Why would you do that, Godfrey? First 
tiny little water crossing. The first

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one I don't really count. I think that 
one because it's part of the Forest

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Service road. the other one. You could 
actually just if you got the right car,

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like I have a Jeep. I could probably just drive 
across that one. But I think it's better to park

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where I park cuz there's more space. Now there's 
lots of little trees falling over, blocking

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the trail. Nothing that anybody can't really go 
around, over, or through. Just the thing to note,

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there are some really beautiful views of 
the creek and the forest on this trail. It

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It seems like it would be uh like it should be 
boring, but it really isn't. There's a lot to

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kind of take in while you're walking here 
with these giant trees, giant pines. And

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something to be said about just listening to 
the water rushing in the creek while you hike

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this. I remember I remember this little tea in 
the trail and me not knowing which way to go

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and then I couldn't find it when I went back. But 
hopefully this time it'll be easier to remember.

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And another tree that's been knocked down, but 
clearly people have chopped their way through.

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Some nice waterfalls down there, 
but I can't get down there.

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I think I'm getting close to the point where I 
had to turn back last time because of a private

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property sign. We'll see what happens this 
time. It's really nice waterfall down there,

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but I I just can't get there. Not with Godfrey in 
his current state. Curse you, dog. Seems to me the

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private property sign may have been removed 
because I don't think I was this far before.

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Hopefully, it was removed by the owner and not by 
some crazy hiker and now going to get me killed

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over it. We'll see. All right. So, I know for 
sure I'm past where I was before uh using the

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All Trails app, the map there, but it's still 
not correct. So, maybe the All Trails um map is

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incorrect to begin with. I didn't want to go too 
far down because it's kind of a steep hill and I

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don't want Godfrey to have to climb back up this 
thing from the bottom. So, we're going to go back

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up and see if I can find where the trail maybe 
is supposed to be. These are the markers that

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mark off where the private property starts. These 
red marks on the tree. There used to be a chain

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going across, but it's gone now. And according to 
the All Trails app, I should be turning right and

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going up this hill, but there's no no discernable 
trail. So, either it was there at one time and

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gone or never there. We'll turn back and see if 
we can't make it back down by the creek somewhere.

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All right, we've turned around. We're almost back 
to the side trail that takes us back down to the

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creek. When I get down there, I'm going to try to 
go along the creek there and see if there's some

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way I can find to to get to those big falls 
without it being too difficult for Godfrey.

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A little bit of a drink break with the old dog. 
So, now we're slightly off the beaten path. So,

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I'm trying to make it down to 
where the creek is. You see it?

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just over there. But I'm trying to find an 
easy way so my old dog can go. Okay, we're

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making our way down to the creek. That wasn't 
too bad. I just don't think there's a way across.

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Well, we'll see. We'll see what we can do. Right, 
Try? Okay, we made it down to the creek. And even

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this is pretty spectacular, but I can see 
way off in the distance. I can get across,

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but rounding this bend, there 
is nowhere for Godfrey to walk.

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It's just way too steep. So, we'll 
have to be satisfied with this being

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the highlight of the hike. Somebody's not 
happy that he can't get down here anymore.

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This is so sad cuz it's not really that that far,

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but in his younger days, he would do 
that without a problem. But now he knows.

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So, of course, I took too long and he came 
down anyway. That was our fun for the day.

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I can't in good conscience put him in any further 
danger because he just wants to be wherever I'm

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at. So, we won't see the rest of that and 
we will just move on. Go ahead, Godfrey.

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Well, if you choose to come on this hike 
and you're able-bodied, you're going to

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want to try to scramble down there because 
there's some really beautiful waterfalls.

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Maybe one time I'll come up without Godfrey 
and just make the scramble. See what I can see

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cuz it really is nice. I had one last lingering 
bright idea. Uh cuz there's a really big waterfall

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over there and I found a shallow area where we 
could walk down. So, I was able to get down to

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near the top of it, but without scrambling, 
there's no way to get down to the other side,

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at least with my dog. And I'm not blaming it 
on him. That's uh just a fact of life. So,

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I told him, as a courtesy to you, I am 
uh foregoing looking at these falls. And

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we'll just continue on back to the Jeep. Yet 
this stretch of the hike is really tranquil.

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It is flowing pretty good though with all 
these rains that we've had. But uh just that

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the gentle babbling creek babbling. Well, it's not 
a brook. It's not a river. Smaller than a river,

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bigger than a brook. It's a creek. So, it's still 
early spring and not everything is in bloom,

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but some of these uh I think they're cherry 
laurels coming into bloom. Rodendrrons are almost

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there. I see all the buds on them. I don't know. 
I wonder how many maybe another couple of weeks.

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Some of these spots were just 
right along the creek or it's like

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idyllic. It's like out of a story book

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except for my dog. He's out of a horror movie.

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All right, we're approaching the tall grass again. 
That means we're almost back, which is a shame,

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but it this really is one of the nicest, most 
scenic short hikes that I've been on. There's

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quite a bit to see. It's not It's makes it worth 
it. It's not just like a short walk in the woods.

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This feels a little bit like the scene in 
uh Gladiator where Russell Crow is walking

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through the giant field of wheat or whatever 
that is, brushing his hands across the top.

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That's

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perfect.

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All right, we're coming up to the deep 
water crossing. About to get my feet wet.

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Let's see how it goes.

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Well, I made it across without getting wet, 
without video proof of my stumbles. Although,

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you can see my feet are barely wet. So,

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it's a success. I think now it's just 
this last bit up this road up the hill

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and the Jeep is just around the corner. And 
here we are back up to the parking area.

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It's not a difficult hike. 
If you're in North Georgia,

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seek this one out. I'll have links in the 
description on the website. The casualhike.com