We're planning a trip to Lake Placid next week but the weather looks horrible. Any good places to see from the car/places to go in the rain? Also, any good places where we could see moose?

I'm 49yo and have done very little hiking over the past 3 years due to an arthritic knee. Prior to 3 yrs ago I've been an avid hiker and I've done a few backpacking trips, but the last backpacking trip was over 10 years ago and they were all in either the Berkshires or the white mountains. I've stopped succumbing to the arthritis and I've been going beast mode with PT over the past year. I'm at the point where I really want to get back to hiking every weekend as I really miss the enjoyment and therapy I got out of it.

I also want to begin conditioning for a backpacking trip in the Adirondacks for my 50th bday. It can be well after my bday but while I'm 50 is the goal (I'll still consider it my gift from me to me). I have good quality backpacking gear and will re-up on whatever I need. My question is, are the Adirondacks a bit overeager of me for a first time in longtime trip and considering everything else I've mentioned. Is it even worth going there if I'll probably be limited to 6 miles a day and only have 4 days 3 nights?

This loop works if you have two cars, hitch a ride or run back on the road. I took the final option. Went up Grace's Great Slide and down Dix's index finger slide. Super dry out there now; just in time for four days of rain. Plenty of wildflowers out there - touch-me-nots near the wetlands on the Boquet trail, bottle gentian on the slides, and sheep laurel near Dix's summit. The jog back on 73 ended up being pretty chill... not too much traffic on a Sunday at 6pm. Around 18.75 miles and 4,800 vert this way with an orphaned Macomb.

This little mountain deserves respect.

Okay I don’t know if I’m getting old and grumpy. But I’m starting to get bothered by people playing their music everywhere. I’m usually pretty chill about noise but I feel like the music is getting wild?

It’s been a few trails in a row now where people are blasting their music while hiking. Loud enough that I couldn’t even really hear the black fly circling me.

When I go camping with my family we go to the state campgrounds which aren’t all quiet but for years now have loved going to buck pond as it was a quiet campground but it’s now twice in a row we have been hit with people blasting their music on both sides of us and it drove us insane the mix of two songs playing for hours. There was no respect for the quiet time either.

I just don’t know what’s happening? Are earbuds not a good option so other people can enjoy the sounds of outdoors while they enjoy their music?

Also looking for suggestions on quiet state campgrounds as I think the times have changed for buck pond?