Miles Hiked 113.7
Elevation 6,972
Miles Hiked Today 14.6
I was up at 6 AM. There was a lot to do before leaving the Grand Canyon South Rim. On October 5 a big storm came through. It was quite impressive with hail, lightning, thunder and of course rain. While my tent kept me dry, it had a lot of mud on it. I tried to clean most of it off before leaving.
Anyway, I was off by 8:15 AM. The Grand Canyon National Park has a great series of asphalt paths. Unfortunately, they are not signed very well. I got lost, but using Far Out, my navigation app, I found the trail.
Most of the morning, I hiked on the asphalt path until I again missed a turn. This time I had to cross a road, climb under a barb wire fence and bushwack to the trail. Hey it keeps things interesting.
The rest of the day leaving the Grand Canyon area was pretty easy. There were no big climbs, which was good because I had just picked up provisions the day before. My backpack was heavy!
Towards the end of the day, I got water from one of the nastiest wildlife ponds I’ve seen. There was a guy setting up a hunting blind while I was getting the water. When he saw what I was doing, he offered to cache a jug of water for future hikers. I hope he follows through. There is not much water to be had after the Grand Canyon.
I stopped at 5 PM and setup camp among some pine trees. Nice spot.
