Laura and I are splitting a duffel bag for the mules to haul down to Phantom Ranch this time.Ā It’ll be filled with what weāll need for two overnights and one day in between.Ā Nevertheless, I will want to carry enough stuff with me on the trail that Iāll need… Continue reading
Laura and I were aiming for making it up to the fire lookout tower on top of Escudilla Mountain this coming Friday.Ā Weāre getting closer to our Grand Canyon hike and both of us have been feeling like we need a real test.Ā The hike from Hulsey Lake up to… Continue reading
In just under seven weeks I’ll be leaving for Grand Canyon.Ā Ā That means one month and seventeen days to prepare.Ā It means forty-eight days.Ā Not that I’m counting. Yesterday my friend Laura — who’ll be doing the Canyon with meĀ — and I repeated a hike from the week before.Ā … Continue reading