Can't get to the stream

This dream is actually from the night before last. I was feeling sick last night and couldn't bear staring at a computer screen.

In Hawaii (the version that looks like a beach in Puget Sound) with Gordon. The sun was impossibly low at mid-day for the tropics, so I guess my subconscious was being lazy. It was cool. Things happened. We were packing it up to move to a beach with a southern exposure (more sun). I went for a walk in the pine forest with my cat, Beany. We were walking down a manicured trail, heading back to the beach (to the East), following a gurgling stream. Off across the gully I saw a waterfall with a nice pool. I wanted to get to it very badly, but there didn't seem to be a straight way to get there. We walked down to the bottom of the trail and crossed over a footbridge, then headed back upstream on the north side. There were steps, which evolved into wooden interior stairs. I stopped and realized we'd been climbing and climbing. We were climbing away from the stream! Beany and I stopped and looked down into the gully, and turned to backtrack and just follow the stream...

Interpretation: Not sure what it means, but streams and bodies of water like this represent peace, comfort, safety, relaxation, freedom, and many other happy things. Usually I can't get to them in my dreams.