Round 3 of "Get in Shape for the IT" (Rainbow Falls)

	Trail Features:		Waterfalls, Old growth forests
	Trail Location:		Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
	Roundtrip Length:		5.4 Miles
	Total Elevation Gain:		1685 Feet
	Avg. Elev Gain / Mile:		624 Feet
	Highest Elevation:		4285 Feet
	Trail Difficulty Rating:		8.77 (moderate)
	Parking Lot Latitude		35.67582
	Parking Lot Longitude		-83.48527

With a completely dismal forecast yesterday, I determined that I didn't really want to go for a long walk alone in the cold and rain.  So I re-thought my plans and decided an early Sunday morning hike, a little shorter but still moderately strenuous, was in order.

I was the second car in the car park and off I went.  It was not a particularly pretty trail in the late spring.  Nothing was blooming and although it followed the river the views of the river were not great.  Then about a mile from the top it started sleeting.  But I pushed through and made the entire trip in about 3 1/2 hours - pretty good for me I thought.  I might have enjoyed the trip down more except I desperately had to use the restroom but there was no coverage and lots of people on the trail.  When I finally got back to the parking area it was astonishing to see all the cars.