Mt. Marcy is the highest point in the New York, with an evaluation of 5,344 feet. It's a popular hiking trial in NY because of it's astonishing view from the top. Since it's so close to the place we do white water rafting, we decided spending one day on hiking at Mt. Marcy. The shortest route which people usually take from the heart lake ( Adirondack  Loj) is about 14 miles and the total evaluation is about  We planed finishing the ascent in one day and predicted taking 10 hrs to finish the whole journey. 

We left the B&B at 7am even before the breakfast is served T__T and headed to heart lake. It's about 20 minutes drive to Adirondack Loj. There is a sing in place at the trailhead~That makes me feel it's a really serious hike. Actually, according to the summit ranger, there are few people got lost each year in the Mt. Marcy. The beginning of the hike is pretty easy, the only thing bothering me is the trial is muddy because of the rain. I spent a lot energy on hoping up and down to avoid the water=.=. There is a lot of different kind of moss on the way. The last 1.2 miles from the top is intense, although it's not as hard as last time when we hiked at breakneck ridge. My stomach kept complaining all the way because i only had cracker for breakfast.( good breakfast before the hike is really important). Finally I made it. The 360 degree of view on the top is really stunning. I was so hungry at this point~I had best ever tuna sandwich at the top: )

The view from the top of Mt. Marcy

Since It's a little bit late (1pm)  when we climbed to the top, it may have thunder storm at late afternoon and we didn't have enough water, we decided not to keep hiking to the skylight and directly head back to heart lake. 

Hike Map

To celebrate we finishing the hike we went to Caffe Rustica. The restaurant is inside the plaza and we almost missed it. We got the last table so we didn't need to wait. The staff is attentive, the atmosphere is cozy. I order the special of the day which is bacon wrapped scollops with maple BBQ sauce. It's delicious. I forgot what will order but it's also taste good. The desert is Tiramisu~I was sad because they ran out of butterscotch creme brulee.