Rod,
That first time, I headed up the trail in 1997 knowing everything I needed to know...that changed by the time we reached the North Fork. I told wifey we'd be back by 6 PM. I was only off by 3 hours.
Wifey being wifey, she stationed herself at the old Patio coverless trailhead and asked all the "I ain't going to do this damn thing, again" hikers did you see...for 2 hours and fifty nine minutes.
