Cascade and Porter

So I am continuing to hike in the Adirondacks. The first hike was mid June, and it was honestly colder than I expected. I had to layer in the morning, and only shed the outer layer around noon. This time it was warmer.

Much warmer.

I also brought my wife instead of a motley collection of goofballs I met while out shooting. As the title implies, we hiked to the peaks of Cascade and Porter. It was a longer hike, takes around 6 hours. Took us a bit longer because she kept stopping to listen and identify new birds.

She's got three new birds on the hike.

Oh yea, did I say it was warmer? We went through twice as much water as the last hike. Thing is, I originally wasn't going to bring more than the last time. She insisted, and I went along with it (wasn't gonna push back - I know she drinks a lot of water. Besides, I asked her to come). By the end of the hike, about a tenth of a mile from the car, we had run out of water. I conceded that her idea of how much we needed was more accurate than mine.

I drank less than a third of the water I was carrying around the entire day. I'll say it was a lot easier carrying a mostly empty pack down from the peaks than it was carrying a full pack up them.

Anyway I'm already planning my next hike.