Chris and I hiked in East Inlet again. Where we thought the temps would be in the 60s and 70s, they were toasty warm in the 80s. The hike switches off from open trails to covered trails, so it was mighty warm to be hiking.
There were a lot of people on the trail too. If you only plan to walk in the meadow, it is a pretty family-friendly hike. That lasts for about 2 1/4 miles before the trail begins to climb.
There is a bit of elevation at the beginning of the hike as you come to Adams Falls, but since it is only 1/3 of mile, lots of kids have the energy to run and jump and climb with ease.
If you continue going once you get to 2 1/4 miles, the climbing and the stairs are pretty consistent.
We stopped around 3.8 miles. It was just too hot for me to want to continue. Plus, we needed to head back home so we could help Misha move.
Saw these cool mushrooms. I thought they looked burgundy, Chris said red. What do you think?
And here was a deer friend right next to the trail as we were almost finished the hike.
Our drive to East Inlet was probably one of the slowest we have encountered in awhile as we had to follow a bunch of large trucks and slow drivers. We had the same luck on the return trip with slow drivers. Some people are great at pulling over into the "slow driver pull outs", but some people have no clue that they are causing traffic to back up.
So, we didn't get home until 5:30 (we had hoped for 4 pm) and got on the road pretty quickly after that to help Misha move to her new apartment.