What was supposed to be a romantic "getaway" for two ended up being a solo trip with my 3 dogs. The Chalets were a beautiful place to stay but our second day adventure to Hocking Hills turned to Hocking Hell when the 20 minute walk to Cedar Falls turned into a five hour race against darkness to get out! Not being provided a map, we started out on the red trail which was a challenge for the dogs crossing the metal grate bridge but easy walking after that. 1.6 miles in we came upon a sign telling us that Cedar Falls was 1.6 miles back from where we came. Having already seen that terrain we pressed on and came upon the Lake and saw signs for the Upper Falls so continued on to see them. When we came out to a Welcome Center, we had a choice of walking back down the red trail to where we had parked or see more, so I figured that the blue trail would take us back to where we needed to be and we could see more sights.....WRONG Choice with 3 dogs! Two of my dogs are large older dogs with hip dysplasia and we soon found that the "ONE WAY ONLY" blue trail was not as easy to navigate as the red trail we had walked in on. It was a challenge to help my dogs up and down some of the ledges, makeshift stairways, and other obstacles we encountered along the way. Darkness was falling upon us as we came upon another couple we met at an intersecting yellow trail. They told us that taking the yellow trail and ignoring the ONE Way only signs posted on it, would take us to the parking lot. We proceeded to take this trail for it finally got us out of the woods! Well, upon coming to the parking lot, we soon realized that this was NOT the parking area we had parked at. I could hear traffic so we headed towards the sounds of cars and soon found the road. Since the red trail was to our left I figured LEFT was the way we had to walk to get to our parking lot.... I was so relieved to finally make it back to our car! Looking at the dogs, their asses were dragging and I thought for sure I would be making my homeward trip with a couple of carcasses..... We got to the Chalets and all 3 dogs crashed on the floor by the fireplace. Instead of sleeping in the bed, I chose to sleep with them on the couch instead to make sure that they were all OK. I will never go back to Hocking Hell for the breakup memories it holds and the trauma imposed upon us getting "Lost" on the trails....