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awkward, but I'll do it.

You'd never be able to do that.

What do you need help with?

I obviously don't need help.

I guess it wasn't

obvious because

you told me to come in here.

Know what,

I don't wanna bother y'all,

so probably better if I just be on my way

and have a nice trip.

Oh no,

no, no, stay.

No, no, no,

you're gonna stay and you're

gonna have some dinner with us.

Yeah?

Yeah, it was just a

misunderstanding, that's all.

All right then, let's do it.

(shudders)

You wanted fish.

Thought it was illegal

to fish these lakes.

Grandfather law.

So that's when

an old law applies

to existing situations, but then

a new law applies

to all future ones.

I know what a

grandfather law is.

Okay, So"!!-

Lawyer.

Yeah, I got that.

(chuckles)

What about you, Alex?

What do you do?

Well, right now my buddy has

a landscaping business,

so I'm working with him.

You Mexican?

I didn't mean anything by that.

It's just I thought that's a job

that the Mexicans do here.

Well what he does

is pretty high end.

And actually he's starting

a new company soon,

so it's great,

he's really talented.

Well done you, Alex.

Travel's good?

Travel's all rig ht,

yeah, and lucky for me

cannot find any fish, I got

a license to kill a deer.

Oh, cool.

F*** me trying to get a

license for that these days.

You guys have

anything we can cook

for sides with these?

Yeah, you know, I can...

May be fry the

veggies or potatoes?

The veggies sound good.

- Okay.

-I say the potatoes.

Why don't we do both?

Nah, let's...

Let's eat the potatoes.

I'll get 'em.

So you're Irish?

- I'm from Tipperary.

- Is that New Mexico?

That's a good one.

Actually South of Dublin.

What do you do

for a living out here?

I give backcountry

eco tours to tourists

who want a deeper experience

of the wilderness,

something more than

camping in a parking lot.

Yeah, that's cool.

I mean you and

Jenn are doing it,

so it must be cool, right?

How much would

something like that cost?

Well, I wouldn't know.

You don't know

how much it costs?

I only know how much

they pay me, Alex.

Okay, so they're

already hard boiled,

we just have to put 'em

on for a few minutes.

(Brad):
Hang on.

(urinating)

(m utters) Oh, my God.

(mouthing) I'm sorry.

All right then, let's

see what we got here.

- I can do that.

- No, I got it.

This smells delicious.

Yeah, there's garlic,

rosemary and some tyme.

You're a lucky man, Alex.

I know.

So what are your plans?

You guys gonna do

some amazing hikes,

see some spots, what?

I think we're--

You know we live

really hectic lives,

so I think we're

just gonna relax,

stay around here for a few days.

- Yup.

-All right.

You're really grabbing life by the

balls there, Alex, aren't you?

I'm just saying.

If I had a beautiful woman

here like Jenn

I'd wanna take her

to some spots that

weren't on the

tourist trail, right?

As a matter of fact,

Jenn, there is this

absolutely gorgeous waterfall,

I mean really beautiful.

You've probably been

there, right, Alex?

Yeah, totally.

Then you know which

side of the waterfall

to climb down on.

The right side.

The right side.

Good guess, Alex.

I wasn't guessing.

Always see these tourists always

trying to go down the left side.

I mean they think it's safer.

F***ing idiots.

There's also...

Frozen Arrow.

The Blackfoot Trail.

I mean if it were me,

I would wanna take

you to all those spots.

You sure you don't need a guide?

Already have one.

(Brad):
Let's eat.

All right.

- That was fun.

-Yeah, thanks for the fish.

All right.

And I'm now ready.

- Cheers!

- Night.

Hey Alex.

Earlier, you said something.

It was a misunderstanding.

You wanna explain that to me?

It was nothing.

Well he's a big boy.

Let him answer.

It's just a funny thing to say.

What'd you mean by it?

I'm not sure I understand

what you're getting at.

Oh, yes you do.

What was a misunderstanding?

(dramatic music)

Is this important?

I wouldn't be f***ing

asking if it wasn't.

It's on me, okay, I-

Jenn.

Well I come back here and I find

my girlfriend

talking to this guy.

And I'm not sure

it's a good idea.

That's all.

I mean, I don't know you.

So what was the

misunderstanding?

You could be some nut.

She convinced me otherwise.

Like I said, Alex.

You're a lucky guy.

I'm sorry.

Jenn, I...

I think you dropped something.

(Jenn):
I got n.

Thanks.

Why don't you invite him to the

house next time, that'd be fun.

I said I'm sorry.

Should we worry about him?

What's that?

Should we worry about him

coming back or I don't know.

No, he's just weird.

Let me get my axe.

I'm gonna sleep

with it in case your

f***ing dinner guest

wants to come back

for dessert or something.

You're mad.

Jenn, I don't understand you.

(Jenn):
What?!

You invite a total

stranger to eat

dinner with us our first

night on this trip.

Okay, I...

I didn't know what to do.

Okay, I was just being kind.

I'm sorry.

Just stay here.

If he turns around and

comes back you yell for me.

(dramatic music)

Oh my God,

that smells amazing.

Wm,!

Thank you.

Remember the survey that we

took on the way over here?

The first question was

about how many times your

boyfriend has made

breakfast in bed for you.

- Remember that?

- Really?

Yeah, and I had to write zero.

Well, I guess I have to change

that from zero to one.

- One, huh?

- Mm hm.

Was it really zero?

Yeah.

- You embarrassed?

-A little bit.

This isn't even a bed,

sol don't--

Believe me, this counts.

Thank you.

What is it about this

place that's so amazing?

- The Blackfoot Trail?

-Yeah.

Why's it called that, anyway?

The local tribes

called it that because

when the trail ends

it circles around

this really small lake,

and the earth

around the lake is black,

so when they hunted

they followed animal

tracks in the black earth

and called it Blackfoot Trail.

What was the lake called?

I don't know.

Seriously?

No no no, picture it,

picture it,

picture it, all right?

You come up this

steep rocky trail.

And then all of a

sudden it levels off

and it's this

beautiful, pristine...

When I was a kid

this was my favorite

place in the whole world.

It all looks so out of

place that high up,

it's like out of some fantasy

novel or something, you know?

Yeah, I have a

feeling your geeky

side is about to come out.

What geeky side?

What geeky side,

the one that made

me watch Legend four times.

Just wait for the pan

where Tom Cruise

is waiting by the

lake for the big

white unicorn to come out.

It's an awesome scene,

what are you talking about?

Yeah, indeed.

We're good?

Yeah.

Of course you're going that way.

This is the way.

Let me see it.

Alex, that's disgusting!

Ugh!

It's pretty bad.

Are you ready?

Ahhh!

Sorry, babe.

(laughs) That's not good.

I don't know why

you're laughing about it.

Why not?

Ow, just don't touch the...

Don't touch it.

Here, let me finish it here.

- (Jenn):
It looks...

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