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>read about a beautiful waterfall in Southwest VA in a 19th C. surveyor's map book in my school's library
>find it's location using google maps
>it's only a 2.5 hour drive away plus an additional hour or so of walking from an old church parking lot to get to it
>plan a trip their on one of my free weekends
>grab my flyfishing gear and head out, ready for adventure and excitement
>Get to the church lot, haven't seen a paved road for about 5 miles. A few cabin-sized homes hiding in the sticks and a goat farm nearby, some fat guy in a wifebeater eyes me from his front yard but doesn't say anything
>grab my gear and hike along this little 4wheeler path into the sticks, using my phone GPS as my map. passed by probably a dozen rotting deer carcasses along the way
>an hour later I'm within about 100 yards of the river according to my GPS and I come across a low iron gate blocking the path
>I can just step over it, but there's a sign on a tree behind it
>"TRESPASSERS WILL BE KILLED" with a skull and crossbones on it, with an actual bullethole through the skull's forehead
>god fucking damn it
>check my GPS for other ways to get to the place
>nope, that 4wheeler path leads straight to the waterfall and is the only way to get there
I wish I knew where the owner of that stretch of land lived so I could shit in his mailbox. What an asshole.
