Should be fun - it's wife approved (well my wife approved it) so that's all that matters.
Don't know if I'll double it or not - depends on how hot it is. I've never been down there, but I think the long carry is mostly old logging road, so it should be fairly flat and graded. It's the steep ups and downs that get me... if it's flat I can single carry no problem.
This trip OTOH has a lot of short, steep ups and downs. A couple long carries but most aren't that bad. We haven't done this exact loop before but we've been to most of these ponds. It's partial wilderness and can be done as a long weekend if you feel like moving fast - I don't, I want to explore some of the small remote ponds out by Fish pond on the second day - that's the main point of going back here. There are some really cool kettle ponds back there that I didn't get a chance to fully explore last time I went.
Day 1 (staging for day 2):
Day 2 (exploration of backcountry ponds):
Day 3 (getting back to a less remote area, beautiful campsite on slang I want to stay at again):
Day 4 (longish paddle around to the big lake and back to motor boats and camps):
Day 5 (quick paddle back to the car and off to a breakfast in Saranac Lake Village):
