Lake Caroline #1554

My friend Bruce and I dayhiked up to Lake Caroline on Saturday, July 31. Temps must have been in the 90s, and practically the entire path from the trailhead to the top of the ridge above Caroline is in the sun. Then when we got to Caroline we were mobbed by MANY MANY flies. Bruce said there were mosquitoes too, but I left too fast to verify. Wow. we warned the overnighters coming in as we were heading down the ridge, but they of course were undeterred. We each consumed two full waterbottles and could have used more. Travel time was three hours in, three hours out. Trail is in good shape. No issues other than bad bugs.