Adirondack starters

For years I've been wanting to hike in the Adirondacks. One thing or another would be planned, then something else would come up and put a stop to those plans. Either it was Canadian wildfires causing the DEC to close the trails, or storms washing out the trailheads, or... either way it was something. Year after year I was thwarted.

I decided to sneak up on them this time. Thursday night I drove up with a friend and we stayed the night, and Friday we started at Whiteface Mountain (you can drive up to the top). From there, we hiked down, then up to Esther Mountain. Then back to Whiteface. Took right around four hours. I managed to only need to stop for a break once, and that because hiking back up to Whiteface, after hiking for three and a half hours, the steep incline was starting to be a bit taxing. I would say it wasn't bad for my age, but there were plenty of people older than I am that were breezing past us.

Goals.

I try to keep active, but that's not the kind of active I'm accustomed to. Maybe I had the wrong kinds of foods, whatever. I'm already planning my next hike. Meanwhile, I spent my birthday laying about recovering. First time I stayed home doing nothing for my birthday.