Today, we did Balsam Mountain.  It was another humid day, but the mountain was mostly leafed out and it was a rather shady trail up.  Overall, it was a lovely hike and the trail was in pretty good shape.  There were a couple muddy spots and a couple blow downs on the trail, but that's par for the course.  The view of the day was about 1/2 mile before the top, and what a lovely view of the valley it was.  Bugs thankfully were not that bad.  A little bit of swarming on the way up, but once spray was re-applied at the overlook, it wasn't a problem on the way down.  Overall, it was a fun day.