Need a new hiking partner

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Today is my birthday. I turned 37. It took me a few days to decide where I wanted to go hiking. Last night right before bed I decided and we set off today about 9:30am. It was gorgeous out. We had only gone about 1/4 of a mile and looking for a geocache when he started rolling his eyes. Not long after he was complaining about the heat. Then next how he couldn’t breathe felt like he had asthma. There was very little air flow so I won’t discredit the asthma part as I know humidity bothers him. Then he was grumbling about there being so many people and how we should have left earlier like 5am to get there early when it was cold and less people. I told him how about the house he said I’m so negative it’s sad I told him every time he goes hiking with me he’s miserable and next time I’m going myself. He said he wishes I would have. One point in the trail I said I think after I find this geocache we have to walk back down a little to catch the other trail. He refused and said we will just loop around. I said okay but it will be a lot longer walk. We got higher up and I said I have to go find the geocache up there about 2/10 of a mile then we will come back. He wouldn’t do it so I told him to find somewhere to sit I’ll go find it and we can continue on the loop. When I came back down he had seen a sign for beach and cabins and wanted to take a main road not the trails. I told him it’s really out of the way to go the road but he didn’t care. I didn’t go hiking to walk the highway I went to walk the trails so I said I’ll meet him at the truck. The trails are dangerous in many spots. Me hiking 3 1/2 miles alone through that with no cell service was uncaring on his part. I wondered if he waited at the truck for me how long would he wait before coming to see if I’m okay. I get got back to the parking lot and had to wait an hour for him to show up. While waiting I was bit up terrible by horseflys. The way he wound up going he had to walk an extra 2 1/2 miles. Serves him right for not listening to me. He was in so much hip pain he couldn’t drive. I gave him Advil and drove for an hour until he felt better to drive the last hour home. He said to me he was sorry he was mean to me that when that pain comes on it’s agonizing. Ok so that was when he wouldn’t walk back down the trail with all the steps etc but it doesn’t excuse him being miserable the other 3 miles he walked with me. I’ll have to hike with him on the honeymoon but after that forget it. The nicest part of my day was a text from my daughter at 1am wishing me a happy birthday and saying she loved me. I was asleep so I saw it when I woke up. After the hike I stopped at my parents quick to get some presents my parents got for me. Photos just a cute one of my doggie cuddling with me a few nights ago.