April 30, 2021 788.7 I woke up exhausted, emotionally and physically. I’m pretty sure I’m hormonal. I spent some time praying and started crying again. Finishing a trail is just really emotional, okay? I hiked out ahead of Ghosthiker around 5:40am and pretty shortly after that I put in my earbuds and turned on myContinue reading “Day 59: The End”
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Day 57: Jacob Lake Inn
April 28, 2021 Zero I had the absolute worst dream last night. I was back at home again and knew I only had 27 miles left to complete this trail, but I was stuck in Indiana and couldn’t get back to Arizona and no one seemed to care. Woke up stressed and anxious and had to rememberContinue reading “Day 57: Jacob Lake Inn”
Day 55:…no, wait, Day 56:…
April 27, 2021 739 Last night I was asleep by 8:30pm and then I woke up again when my wet tent was sitting against my head! Um, what? My tent was covered in snow, so I knocked it off from the inside and looked at my phone. Only 10:30pm! Ugh. It felt like I’d been asleepContinue reading “Day 55:…no, wait, Day 56:…”
Day 55: Back in the Cold
April 26, 2021 734.1 I set my alarm for 4:00am so I could set up my phone to catch a time-lapse video of the sunrise over the Grand Canyon. Then I went back to my tent, had coffee, did stretches, packed up what I could, and went out with my warm weather gear on andContinue reading “Day 55: Back in the Cold”
Day 31: This is a Hard Trail, Ya’ll
April 2, 2021 Mile: 426.2 Lots of wind last night. Unsurprising, since we’re camped in a saddle. I set my alarm for 3:30am so we could hike out a little earlier than normal to beat the heat. We decided on Day One that we wouldn’t do any night hiking, but my headlamp should be brightContinue reading “Day 31: This is a Hard Trail, Ya’ll”
Day 27: Roosevelt Lake Marina
March 29, 2021 Mile: 345.3 Slept so well last night. Good thing, too. I needed it. I hope Ghosthiker slept the same if not better. I only woke up once to put more air in my mattress and then I didn’t wake up again until 5:00am. I actually had a dream that I got offContinue reading “Day 27: Roosevelt Lake Marina”
Day 23: MJ’s Place
March 25, 2021 Mile: 300.5 The moon was so bright last night, and I definitely woke up at least twice to the sound of someone rummaging through their food bag. Pretty sure it was Cameron, lol. That’s okay, because I definitely had to roll off my sleeping pad and blow it back up at someContinue reading “Day 23: MJ’s Place”
Day 21: Kearney, AZ
March 23, 2021 Mile: 262.9 The moon was really bright last night but I still slept pretty well. Naturally, Ghosthiker and I were the first ones up and breaking camp, hiking out around 6:30am. Lots of great scenery this morning so I took several photos. It was a fair climb out of camp and weContinue reading “Day 21: Kearney, AZ”
Day 20: A Big Mile Day
March 22, 2021 Mile: 251.9 We left camp around 6:30am and covered 6.8 miles by 9:30am. Not terrible. We even found a water cache at Freeman Road, which was unexpected and totally awesome! We were afraid we might have to hitch into town to get water today. It’s a very long, dry stretch. The windContinue reading “Day 20: A Big Mile Day”
Day 19: Water Tanks & Jumping Cacti
March 21, 2021 Mile: 231 The coyotes howled all night long and from all around us, like they were circling us or something. I wasn’t really nervous but it definitely kept us both awake, which kind of sucked. We reached 4199’ elevation by 9:00am and had some great 360 degree views, followed by lots ofContinue reading “Day 19: Water Tanks & Jumping Cacti”
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