Simplifying the Schedule

As we neared the trip, we organized all of our goals into one trip plan.  This plan became extremely busy, including far too much for us to possibly to accomplish.  In this pre-trip plan, about a week before leaving, our schedule had us hiking a 15 mile loop over a minimum of 12,000 vertical feet on day 1 and another 9 miles to a waterfall on day 2.  This was way too much hiking for us for many reasons including that we were not all in good enough shape, there was not enough time, we would have to hike well past dark and the weather for the weekend was going to be cold and wet.  However, we all understood that this was not going to be achieved, so we simplified the schedule to simply a 3 mile hike in, an optional trip up Mt. Wiley, and a hike out.  This way, we would have plenty of time to set up camp, eat, and get warm before dark.