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We stayed decently warm last night. This morning was cold and the snow was starting to come down. I made the decision to go ahead and call a taxi then get a rental car and site see why this snow storm passed. I am… Continue Reading “Day 17 on the Arizona Trail”
Mileage: 13.5 miles Weather: 46 degrees, cloudy, wind at 13-19mph, nighttime was 19 (feels like 8 degrees). Snow The morning started packing out of the lodge and saying goodbye to Maple and Shufflin. We took a taxi to the same spot we left the… Continue Reading “Day 16 on the Arizona Trail”
We spent these two days at Drury Inn in Flagstaff getting ready for the next push and staying warm. The hot tub felt fantastic and the company was a lot of fun! We really enjoy when we get to make friends with other hikers… Continue Reading “Day 14 and 15 on the Arizona Trail”
Mileage: 16 miles Weather: Windy and cold The morning started with frost all over the tent. We took the fly off the tent and shook as much of the frost off as we could. Then proceeded to fold up the rest of the tent.… Continue Reading “Day 13 on the Arizona Trail”
Mileage: 16.5 miles Weather: sunny most the day, night was 26 degrees and a few snow flurries The morning started out cold. We were packed and ready to hike within about 15 minutes! Not bad! We are getting quicker (could also be the fact… Continue Reading “Day 12 on the Arizona Trail”
Mileage: 11.7 miles Weather: cold, rain, 30mph wind We started the morning packing in high winds. The trail was very similar to yesterday as far the terrain. We were able to get a little better views today at least but not many. We stopped… Continue Reading “Day 11 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… Continue Reading “Day 10 on the Arizona Trail”
We slept in this morning! We didn’t get up until around 7:30am. We took a nice shower, gathered our dirty clothes and heading to breakfast. They have a breakfast buffet at the lodge that was really good. Lots of options. After breakfast we headed… Continue Reading “Day 9 on the Arizona Trail”
Mileage: 8 miles Weather: Sunny around 82 degrees We headed out of camp about 6:20am. The climb up the south rim is “brutal” but take it slow and keep going according to the ranger. I was already anticipating this was going to hurt especially… Continue Reading “Day 8 on the Arizona Trail”
Mileage: 16.25 miles Weather: Sunny with temps around 80 degrees This was the big moment we were anticipating! The Grand Canyon! Family Mule and I have talked about hiking the Grand Canyon since we were just dating in high school and here it is!… Continue Reading “Day 7 on the Arizona Trail”
Adventures as a family 