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The trail we're at today is the Contentment 
Falls Trail to I forgot already. Trestle

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the Trestle Trail. I was here before 
maybe I don't know a couple years ago

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and it's changed a bit. We start from a 
different place. Apparently the original

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start where it used to be is now private to Taccoa 
Falls uh or Taccoa College or Taka Falls College,

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whatever. So we're here. I think 
it's roughly the same distance.

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This looks like an old uh forest service road. 
It's just all covered in leaves, but I can feel

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the gravel underneath, but heavily covered with 
leaves as you can see. And here somebody else

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is out here because there's another uh truck 
pickup truck parked at the trail head. See,

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I got I've got Godfrey on leash right now. 
Number one, prevent him from eating stuff

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like he usually does. Godfrey, cut it out. 
Sort of. And uh just in case people are here,

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um don't like dogs or maybe they 
have a dog. I don't know. We'll see.

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I'm sure I'll let him off leash at 
some point, but for now he's on.

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This trail is rated as easy. And as I remember,

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it was easy. Pretty much like this, 
relatively flat. Um, easy roads.

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stinks about having Godfrey on leash is that

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it makes it very difficult. Sorry, I just had to 
spin around there cuz he went around behind me

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um with one hand to kind of control where 
he goes. Normally when I put him on leash,

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I've got both hands that can uh because 
I don't use a retractable leash. So,

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we got both hands that can control 
and guide where he goes and then

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make the leash longer or shorter as needed.

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It's uh what early November.

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It's about 60 degrees maybe outside,

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maybe upper 50s. I like hiking at 
this time of year because it's cool.

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And at least here, there's still some 
leaves on the trees even though the

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leaves are actively falling and coming off, 
but they're not it's not totally barren yet.

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So, it still looks really nice and the 
weather's comfortable. Now, I don't think

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there's particularly a whole lot to see on this 
trail. I I remember it wasn't um hugely scenic,

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but it was good. It's good for Godfrey because 
of the There he goes again. Come on, Godfrey.

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stop going around me.

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Um, it's easier for him to walk. 
I've been trying to go through my

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catalog of trails that I've been on 
that are easy for him to go to. So,

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we don't have to hike the same, 
one or two trails every time.

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I was just uh re-examining the all trails 
map. And I think it's going to be all

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forest service road except for the little 
loop that takes you to the train trestle.

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Um, which kind of makes this hike 
then not as good as before because

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before you walk through some some trails 
at this park um or behind this park. Oops,

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I got a burr. Hold on. Go 
ahead. Go ahead, Godfrey.

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And then you would walk through that 
trail till you get to the service road

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and then you've got this you're on the 
service road for a short while till you

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get to the loop. But you know as far as 
entertaining for Godfrey it's all good.

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So, I was just walking following this forest 
service road and I guess I was supposed to make

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a left turn or right turn somewhere and I missed 
it. So, I'm backtracking a bit and we'll go find

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the trail. All right. So, apparently this is the 
trail. There is a marker, an orange blaze. And I

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thought this was like some kind of a side road or 
side trail. Well, I saw it, but I wasn't paying

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close attention. So, now we're back on track. I 
walked a pretty good ways um out of my way, but

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that's okay. This is better though. Into the 
woods. is still sort of a forest service road

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but less less. So it's like 
service forest service road light.

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So there's a waterfall on this trail, 
Contentment Falls. I don't recall going

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to it the last time. I don't know 
if I can get to it today either.

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Depends what it looks like if God freak can get 
there or not and or if there are people already

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there or some other dog there. If so, I'll 
probably just skip it and keep walking. But

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it is starting to warm up, so maybe I'm 
going to have to take off my sweatshirt

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um and enjoy the cool fall air.

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So, I took another slightly wrong turn, but uh 
it's because there's all these like places where

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obviously cars have driven. So, it's difficult 
for me to tell which one's the actual trail

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and which one is just some offshoot. So, 
what looks like the direction I was supposed

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to go on the map wasn't right. So, I quickly 
checked before I started getting too far away

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and route corrected. We should be 
getting close to the falls soon. Well,

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I found the turnoff for the falls. 
So, we're going to take a walk down

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there. This doesn't look too bad 
so far and see what we can find.

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So, I found what's the top of the 
falls down there in this ravine

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is the bottom. I think there's a way to 
walk down. I'm going to try to find it.

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taking a little break at the 
top of the falls till God can

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go get a drink. And he's not barking 
yet, so that's a good sign, maybe.

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All right. I can see the falls from over 
here. There they are. This trail leads

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us somewhere else, but I'm going to see if it 
maybe circles around and comes back hopefully.

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Okay, I did find a way to get closer. So, now 
I got to find I think I can go this way and get

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Godfrey through there. so we can get closer to 
the falls. But I can't go down this way because

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there's no way he's going to scramble up and 
down that. So, let's see what happens. All right,

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we made it. We made it to the falls. I'm beginning 
to think that whoever was in the pickup truck is

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not coming here. That they were um maybe they 
got an ATV or dirt bikes or something and are

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just riding up and down the Forest Service 
road. But let's get up there. Take some picks,

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Godfrey. All right, Godfrey's chosen to 
be afraid of this for some reason. I mean,

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he's done this before, and this is actually pretty 
easy. There's not much for him to scramble. This

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is more like stairs like at home. But we're 
basically right under the falls. I just can't

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can't get any closer cuz he's too afraid 
to to come up here. But it is beautiful.

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You'll have to follow my map on all trails to 
find the side trail that can come down here

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because it's not marked on the map on the 
All Trails map. It's kind of hard to find

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with leaves as well. But it's worth the effort. 
It's not that because it's not that much effort.

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We made it back up from the falls. It's a 
bigger ordeal than what I thought it was

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going to be. I didn't realize Godfrey 
was going to be so afraid over there.

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He's never been like that before. And given 
that it was relatively easy, even for him,

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I think to get up behind the falls, I was kind 
of surprised. I was just trying to coax him,

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go up there, but he wasn't having 
it. So, rather than stress him out.

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I just went as far as I could and then uh left 
it at that. We got to see the falls. Well,

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I did. I don't think he cares. He just 
wants to walk out here in the woods. So,

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we're back on the trail headed towards 
the uh loop, the trestle trail loop.

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We made the turn onto the trestle trail 
loop. And it's nothing that I remember.

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So maybe it's just uh my early onset Alzheimer's,

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which I suppose I shouldn't be joking about 
these days in polite company, but uh hey,

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my dad had dementia, so I feel I can chat about 
it. Uh yeah, this doesn't look familiar at all,

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but at least according to the map, I'm on 
the loop now. And here's a little bridge

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going over the creek. I don't know what 
creek this is. I'd have to look it up.

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This part of the trail is not really well 
marked at all. So, if you're going to come here,

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you should probably get the All Trails app and 
follow the map. Cuz every time I think I'm going

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in the right direction, I make a wrong turn. And 
I think the reason this doesn't look familiar,

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I think when I did this the last time, I 
was on the opposite side of the creek. So,

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I think they drastically changed 
the direction of this trail.

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Maybe that's also why it's not so 
well marked. We'll find out once

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we get to the trestle, cuz that part I remember,

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but I remember the creek being on my right, 
not my left. And right now it's on my left.

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Okay, there's one small water crossing. So, 
maybe this connects with where I was before.

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I don't recall doing any water crossings 
before. Um, but I think this was the creek,

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this wider part over here in the video. 
Um, that was the creek that was on my left.

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Time to cross. I let Godfrey off the leash for a 
bit. And there he goes. This is what I don't want.

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But I think he's a little bit more tired, so he's 
going to eat less at least for a few minutes. All

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right. I found the train trestle. You could 
see it in the back there. And that's because

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this is what I remembered. I remembered the 
guard rails from before. And I think I had

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to bushwhack it a little bit to go through there 
to see what we need to see. Let's give it a try.

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So, it is an active train 
line. I didn't know that.

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All right. All right, I found the easy trail 
to get over to the trestle. And as I mentioned,

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I didn't know it was an active rail line.

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So, I'm going to wait till the train goes through 
before I get under it. I feel like I'm at a high

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enough risk. If there's a derailment, I'm dead 
anyway. But, uh, I'm just going to wait until it's

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gone before I go right up under it. All right, 
the train is gone. So, now we're up underneath.

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I was in the exact spot last time. 
I don't remember how many years

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ago it was. I'd have to go check. 
See, the creek runs through here.

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There's like so much junk here. It looks 
like uh railroad ties have fallen off.

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And that's why I remember before 
I was like the last place I want

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to be is underneath that thing when 
the train goes through. So we came,

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we saw. Now we're going to go back and hit 
the loop and continue on. Let's go, Godfrey.

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All right, we're back on the loop. That should 
be pretty much all there is to see on this trail.

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Uh just those couple of things make it worthwhile

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and it's definitely an easy 
trail for anybody to hike.

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At least from this from this point forward. 
Any any video you see where Godfrey is hiking,

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almost anybody can hike it. My geriatric dog.

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Okay, I found it. This is the trail I took 
before. This is the one we came off of before

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that leads to like a a city or county park 
or something like that near Taccoa Falls.

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I don't know why they said that it's it's private 
now on that side because you can easily get to it

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from here. There's no impediment. So, I don't 
know why they changed it. Maybe there were too

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many people taking the hike. But I remember 
when I came the last time there was nobody

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here either. I could see on the weekends 
maybe because it's easy, but I don't know.

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This isn't so bad though.

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It's just at the front at the at 
the trail head there's parking

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for maybe I don't know five cars or 
something where at the park, you know,

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you have sp uh spots for hundreds 
because it's a community park.

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Sorry. At least now my memory has been fulfilled.

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Got to stop eating that. Got some 
logs that have fallen over the trail.

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Stop eating grass, please.

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We're almost back to the main trail. And then 
it's maybe I think a mile or so. Back to the car.

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I think this might be the highest of 
the elevations to walk on this whole

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area. And it's just one short 
hill. See, even he can do it.

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Now, there isn't much to see on the way 
back. Everything is at the falls and

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then after. And you could spend a fair 
amount of time, I think, at the falls.

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Just like the last hike I went on after 
Brasstown Falls. High Scholes fall. High

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falls or no High Scholes Falls. Eh, 
whatever. Too many S's on the end.

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But it's, you know, it's like a place where 
you could probably pack a lunch and just kind

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of sit by the falls and relax. Um, getting to the 
falls is not as hard as it looks from the top. So,

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I think, you know, most people can probably get 
down there. It's not much of a scramble really.

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You just got to be careful. Um, probably more 
no more so now. Uh, with all the leaves on the

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ground, it gets a little slippery. But um I think 
if somebody actually bushwacked a trail there,

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it would be great. It's not that far. And it's a 
really nice falls. It's a really nice waterfall.

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All right, we've made it back to the main road. We 
hang a left and back to the Jeep. He's so tired,

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he can't even eat grass. That's a positive. So, 
we took a little water break for Godfrey before

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we get back to the car. Probably about 5 minutes 
out now. Now, he's going to go roll around in the

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stupid sand. Not what I asked for, but yeah, 
we're about 5 minutes away down this Forest

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Service road. One thing I'll say about walking 
on a forest service road, it's not comfortable.

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got these giant rocks, you know, and I've got my 
all-purpose footwear. I don't know if this is more

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comfortable with what would might be traditional 
hiking boots. Um, it's not terrible, but it's not

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like walking on a forest trail where it's just 
soft dirt. Hey, Godfrey, go drink. Go drink. Hey,

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go drink, Godfrey. Here. Here. Come on. Go 
drink. Go drink. Before we go back, go drink.

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Go drink. Go drink. Don't walk past 
it. I already He already had some,

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but I was hoping he would drink just a 
little bit more before we continue on.

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Getting him back into the Jeep is such a chore, 
though. He doesn't like the ramp. So now I just

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kind of got to pick up his rear end. Godfrey, 
stop. All right, time to pack it up and get

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moving. That's it to this hike. Back to the car. 
There's one other person, one other car here. I

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would say this is a good trail to go on if you're 
interested in something easy. That's not crowded.

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Let's go this way because I can't do that.

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Hike

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talking.