1 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:18,480 I am at Brasstown Bald Hayawasi, Georgia. And  you can take the shuttle up to this spot. It's 2 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:26,080 going to be the highest point in Georgia. But  we're walking up the trail. It's a paved trail. 3 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:34,480 Um, it's only, I guess, moderate or whatever  because it's a steep it's a steep walk, 4 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:46,960 but it's paved, so it shouldn't be difficult at  all. Just a little bit of an aerobic workout. 5 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:54,880 So, this trail is covered with rodendrrons.  This is like walking through a rodendrin tunnel. 6 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:11,360 And it is steep, but it is paved, so it's easy.  But it will wind you, as you can hear. I think 7 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:21,600 it's not that bad. 8 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:31,360 So, you will definitely get winded.  I think it's about half mile up. 9 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:37,920 I'm just sticking at a steady pace. 10 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:50,000 Catching my second wind. And there are  places for people to stop and sit and 11 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:59,120 rest. I'm going to keep plugging away.  cuz this is the first hike for today. 12 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:07,920 I'm going to head to a different place  after this place called Higho Falls. 13 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,960 It's about a 25m minute drive from here. 14 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:22,320 I think I'm nearing the end. 15 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:35,920 to the shuttle bus. 16 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:49,360 Took me about 10 minutes to  walk it. That's not too bad. 17 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:29,440 All right, we made it to the  top. There's a little watch tower 18 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:34,240 down. There's my car. 19 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:44,240 Just see the top of the Jeep. 20 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:12,240 A lot of haze, some clouds. 21 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,640 can see parts of the Appalachian Trail, 22 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:25,040 Appalachian Trail, however  you want to pronounce it. 23 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,960 Okay, so that is that. We're going to  head back down. It's a little more than 24 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:40,240 a half mile walk. We just head back downhill,  hit the car, and uh head to the next trail. 25 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:54,000 I'm at the next stop for today. This  is uh H Highish Falls Trail. And so 26 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:59,040 now immediately I got to pick which one I  have to go down. This side or that side? Ah, 27 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:04,800 there's arrows on the signs.  Duh. They're just not very clear. 28 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:15,680 Okay. 1.3 miles. So, it's about 70 degrees. We  just finished Brasstown Bald, which was nice, 29 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:23,600 but a paved trail. This one is more  like the normal trails we head down. 30 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:31,040 And so, there's supposed to be some really nice  falls along this trail, but it's short. It's like 31 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:37,120 a mile and a half or something, I think,  to get there. And that's why we chose the 32 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:45,280 uh two trails today rather than just the one. 33 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:52,880 These are both relatively short. So, onward  to the falls. So, it appears that this is 34 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:59,600 going to be a lot like going to Panther Creek  Falls where it's all downhill to the falls and 35 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:07,600 then it's going to be an uphill trek on  the way back. doesn't look as difficult, 36 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:16,080 but we shall see. Um, brass town ball. That  was quite the trek straight up. I think they 37 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:25,120 said it was a 12% grade or something.  So, this doesn't look like that, but 38 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:29,520 um it is a walk back up. And  the trail is filled with leaves, 39 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:35,200 so it gets a little slippery and it's  pretty rocky and uh got some gnarled roots. 40 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:45,360 just like at uh Panther Creek Falls. But other  than that, it's a beautiful fall day. Like I 41 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:52,080 said before, it's about 70° right now. Supposed to  be a cold front moving through in the next couple 42 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:59,760 of days where it's only going to reach a high of  like 50 or something, maybe even less up here in 43 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:09,120 the North Georgia mountains. But for now, it's  like a beautiful fall day. where all the leaves 44 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:21,280 have changed color. I think I'm probably  a a week past peak, maybe peak color here. 45 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:33,520 But uh it's perfect day. Clear  blue sky. Perfect day for a hike. 46 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,160 I'm showing some of the gnarled  roots. There were some bigger 47 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,480 ones just a little while back before  I started hitting the record button, 48 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:51,360 but just to show you. Leaf covered. Um,  but otherwise a well marked or wellworn 49 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:59,520 trail. Let's put it that way. I don't there  aren't really any markings that I see so far. 50 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:06,160 um hiking without Godfrey because I went up to  Brasstown Bald and there's a lot of people there 51 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:14,080 he with their dogs and and if you've watched any  of the other videos, I've told you that he doesn't 52 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:18,720 do well with other dogs. So, I try to take him  on hikes where he's not going to really see any 53 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:24,480 other dogs and he might not on this one. It's  not that popular a trail. There were only two 54 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:31,600 cars out at the front and I'm I started hiking at  about 11:30. Um, but because of Brasstown Bald, 55 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:40,320 I didn't bring them here. But we'll  probably go someplace uh next week. 56 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,280 Got some areas of this trail that were  a little bit washed out. I don't know 57 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:51,760 if you can see the rope. There's like a  rope guard so you don't go down the hill. 58 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:58,560 Um, but you can see the creek far down there, but  the trail got a little washed out. Maybe one of 59 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:14,400 the more recent storms that came through. I don't  know. I need signs. I say I don't know a lot. 60 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:20,240 All right. So, I just passed four hikers. Maybe  they're the all four people that have the car, 61 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:26,800 the two cars out in front. So  hopefully I have the falls to 62 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:38,240 myself when I get there. Got a little  bit of a stream crossing and a bridge. 63 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:44,880 It's a nice stream with rodendrrons on the sides. 64 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:54,800 Nice little bridge to walk across. Keep  my feet dry. Although it looks like you 65 00:09:54,800 --> 00:10:14,000 can get across if you wanted to. It's  not It's not uh that deep right now. 66 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,320 Thought I would just leave you with the sounds 67 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:28,720 of the water this time instead of  Godfrey barking all over the place. 68 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:34,560 Babbling brooks are always nice to hear. 69 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:39,040 This looks to be like it's going to be a  fairly easy hike. You have bridges crossing 70 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:48,880 all the tiny water crossings. At least so far I  I only saw two only had two water crossings. So 71 00:10:48,880 --> 00:11:03,280 I'm assuming that if they have bridges to cover  those that they'll pretty much cover the rest. 72 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:10,400 So I'm supposed to be coming up close to some  waterfall view. I don't know if I got to turn 73 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:16,720 in here. Try to go up a little further.  Let's see. I'm following the All Trails 74 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:25,040 map. See what we got here. Looks like I got  to walk a little bit further. Oh, okay. I see 75 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:37,840 another path that goes down. So, we're going  to head to the first set of falls to go visit. 76 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:44,240 So they have an actual viewing platform, 77 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:56,960 a beautiful waterfall to start with. 78 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:01,280 I'm going to see if I can get a little closer, 79 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,120 get down at the bottom a little  bit without breaking my neck. 80 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:09,920 All right. So, I was able to get  down to the bottom in the middle. 81 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:19,440 It's pretty deep in some of these spots.  It's an absolutely stunning waterfall 82 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:26,000 as well as uh looking downream 83 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,440 right. 84 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:33,200 That was the first set of falls. 85 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,400 Now we're heading to the second one.  I heard the second one is supposed to 86 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:52,960 be nicer. At least that's what the reviews  said in all trails. Can't wait to find out. 87 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:58,480 So they have more areas with yellow rope.  I don't I mean I don't think anybody's 88 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:05,680 going to go down that way anyway, but  I guess just as a warning to shut off 89 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:13,280 certain areas. This one I can understand cuz  maybe people want to think that's a trail. 90 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:19,760 But I'm surprised there aren't more people  here because it's pretty well developed 91 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:27,440 trail with bridges, even stone steps. Um, so  they've made this very accessible. You know, 92 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:34,880 it's definitely moderate because of the the climb  back, but as far as, you know, getting anywhere, 93 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:41,440 if you take your time, shouldn't have any  problem. Anybody should be able to do it. 94 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:46,560 All right, we've reached the second set  of falls. There's another viewing area, 95 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:52,320 viewing platform. Hopefully, there's a way to  get down there so we can get a little closer. 96 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:13,920 Oh, wow. It's so high up. Pretty incredible. 97 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:21,120 So, that's pretty short hike to get here. I think  the mile and a half number is pretty accurate. 98 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:27,760 That's definitely worth it.  All right, there's an e, 99 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:36,880 very easy way to get down to the  bottom here. Not difficult at all. 100 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:44,400 See about getting a little bit closer. So,  this is probably as close as I'm going to get. 101 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:49,840 Uh, I could go over there, but I think those  rocks are going to be too slippery from algae. 102 00:14:49,840 --> 00:15:00,640 So, I will stay right here  where I'm at. It's close enough. 103 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:08,960 Absolutely stunning. Did I use that word  enough? Let's go walk around on the rocks. So, 104 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:13,760 I moved far back. I'm actually I'm taking a  video right now because I meant to actually 105 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:20,320 take a photo and I've got a system in how I  take videos so I don't get lost later on when 106 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:33,120 I need to stitch this all together. So, this is  a bonus video of where I'm standing right now. 107 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:39,520 This is a place where it's so short, easy to  get to, and the road driving up is difficult. 108 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:47,280 you you'd probably need an SUV, but once  you get to the trail head and you walk here, 109 00:15:47,280 --> 00:16:05,920 it's not hard to get through. Be a perfect place  to sit and eat lunch. One day I'll pack a lunch. 110 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:18,240 All right, I got to scale these logs.  head back to dry ground and then 111 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:26,400 start heading back to the car.  My day hikes or my day hike, 112 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:35,760 the hike for the day is done for the day. 113 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:43,600 So, we'll get back up to the trail,  start heading back. Just as I described, 114 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:48,400 the walk back up is going to wind  you. I don't know if I'm the only one, 115 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:55,600 but I always find going downhill harder  than going uphill. It's harder on my legs 116 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:03,280 to go down than going up. I mean, going  up obviously is a cardiovascular workout, 117 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:14,720 but my legs seem to be able to take that  better than going down if I'm alone. 118 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:21,040 But it's pretty much going to be like  this the rest of the way back. So, 119 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:27,040 we're just going to concentrate so I  don't slip on some of these wet leaves. 120 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:36,960 back to the car. So, as proof that  anybody can really take this hike, 121 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:45,760 most anybody is I just passed  the family. Uh husband, wife, 122 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:54,240 three kids. The husband is even  carrying the infant in a backpack. 123 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:02,160 You know, the kids couldn't  have been older than seven, 124 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:09,040 maybe eight. I didn't take a close look,  but some I think anybody should be able 125 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:18,800 to do this hike as long as you take  your time, especially on the way back. 126 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:23,280 But I would do this again in the  fall because this is beautiful. Maybe 127 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:33,840 a week earlier or maybe even a week later.  A week earlier for peak color in the trees, 128 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:40,560 but a week later because it'll be a little bit  cooler here and more of the leaves will be off 129 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:48,000 the trees. So, you'll be able to see more of  the of the creek and the falls while you hike. 130 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:52,320 springtime I can imagine would be nice too  because you're gonna have that cover the 131 00:18:52,320 --> 00:19:05,360 overgrowth covering the trail. You're basically  walking in a you know big forest understory. 132 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:12,480 I wouldn't do it in July  and August. Not in Georgia. 133 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,960 All right. This sign means  we're coming to the end. 134 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:28,880 Just the last few stairs to climb and then we're  back at the car. That was a very short but very 135 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:38,880 enjoyable hike. One of the better ones. Uh  one of the better short ones I've been on. 136 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:45,680 I'll try to be back here more often than the  next five years like I did with Panther Creek. 137 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:52,400 But that's it. Yep. Those other two cars were 138 00:19:52,400 --> 00:20:00,800 the people I passed. And this is  the family that I saw down there. 139 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:13,040 That's the end of today's  hike. Catch you next time.