Day 10 on the Arizona Trail

Mileage: 23.7 miles

Weather: party cloudy and temps around 55 degrees

We started our day around 7am when we checked out of the lodge and headed down the trail. We had 6 miles of paved trail walk. This is always hard on the feet but the terrain is easy. We found a little place called Foodie Club once we reached Tusayan. It was good food but still on the pricey side and no refills on coffee or tea. They did have a good cheesecake!

Once we finished our breakfast/lunch we set out back on the trail. We got lost because the FarOut app was showing the trail right behind the McDonalds. We saw an RV Park/Campground so we walked down to it to look around. A gentleman saw us and asked where we were heading and we told him. He then lead us straight to the trail, which is behind the campground! We were back on course!

The terrain was still pretty flat with lots of small rocks. The mud luckily was dried up mostly. You can tell many ATVs take this path.

As we were walking along, a tarantula came out from the grass right along the path. He was heading north! He was the NOBO Tarantula!

The terrain stayed the same with very little elevation change. The bottoms of our feet were sore from hard surfaces and rocks. We reached a good camp area about 5:30. We worked together quickly to get the tent set up because we had to find water. It was another .5 mile off the trail. We grabbed our lights and headed that way. When we reached it, it was a gated area with a tank that looked gross! We needed water so we filtered it anyway. It filtered clear at least. We then headed the .5 mile back to camp in the dark.

The night was long. The wind kept getting strong through the night. We both were tossing and turning all night long.