
Summerhaven and Beyond
I woke up at 7 AM. That all day hike up the mountain really exhausted me. Scott and I broke camp and walked into Summerhaven.

I woke up at 7 AM. That all day hike up the mountain really exhausted me. Scott and I broke camp and walked into Summerhaven.

I say goodbye to Resting Oak and back to the trail to climb up Mount Lemmon. First, I’ll pickup a provision box. The new provisions are going to be heavy.

Resting Oak Air BnB RV. What a place! It has everything a house has. This is a super deal, which costs what a moderately priced hotel room would cost.

I was up early for my second day go around with the Black Hills. It’s like a roller coaster. The trail goes up and down a hundred feet or more repeatedly.
AZT Map Miles 567.6Miles Hiked 557.3Elevation 3,924 feetMiles Hiked Today 14.3 I didn’t check my navigation app before starting this morning. The hike started out

I wanted to hit 550 miles today. The trail had no single large elevation gain, but it did gradually go up most of the day. Still, I was making miles.

I was hiking south of Kearney by 9:15 AM. The trail was mostly up. It was a clear day and although hot, certainly not as hot as yesterday.

I decided to go into Kearney today for a couple of reasons. The rocks have finally got the better of my right foot. I’m going to rest the foot for half a day.

I took several breaks in the heat, which slowed me down. Despite that, I went over the 500 miles mark today in both map miles and actual miles hiked.

Time to go back to the Arizona Trail. After breakfast of freshly cooked blueberry muffins, orange juice and eggs, three of us loaded into trail angel MJ’s car.