I wanted to take the hike but we only had 2 days to to a whole grocery list of areas to visit so I fast tracked some of the activities so we could see more into our trip. I will end up doing the trail one day tho, I hear it's worth it. I go there enough that I hardly find trinkets I want anymore so I don't mind spending more on some activities plus we got in free on other stuff I have yet to post because we have a yearly park pass.