A few years ago my wife and I took our son and nephew and niece to Baxter State Park to do some hiking on a Saturday. It was a very nice day on the second week in June. About 75° and sunny out and the sky was blue as far as you can see. It looked to be a beautiful day for hiking.

When we arrived at Baxter my wife and my niece went their own way to Chimney Pond avoiding any trails that were too difficult. My son, nephew and I decided we would go up to do the Knife Edge. So at the head of the Helon Taylor trail we decided to split ways with my wife going one way and me going the other. 

The hiking was really nice. Of course with two young colts running ahead of me I was getting pretty tired trying to keep up. It was only a day hike and I was the only one with a backpack to carry the food for all three of us so they thought they would give me a run for the money. I had brought some gear because i knew that the weather could change pretty quickly on the mountain. I advised both the boys they should probably carry some extra things just in case but they decided they would be ok with what they had. We traveled pretty quickly to the treeline and as we were coming out into the opening you could see the start of some clouds surrounding the peak ahead.