Max the poodle and I am doing a car camping road trip to the Port on Manhatten Island NYC.  Got to get there on Sunday 2:00pm so we are working with four and a half days to camp and hike.  We (Max and I) originally thought we would just do the biggest peaks in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire because we are studs.  Upon further review it just looks like all day slogs without a lot of bang, especially Mt Washington in NH, which is completely drivable and very populous during the day.  Max thought maybe we should turn things inside out and do multiple short hikes to keep it interesting and not get stuck one just one.  Smart dog, turns out there are lots of 1-2-3 mile hikes to overlooks, waterfalls and fire towers we can climb for 360 degree views.  Perfect.  Except we have to do one bigger one so on the last day before the big push to NYC we are going to do Mt Lafayette in NH.  It is a loop of around 9 miles, no road access and a friend of mine vacationing in Maine is going to come over and join us on the hike.