Tomorrow our butts will hurt

We rode Ike, Gus, Susie-Q and Nellie into the Grand Canyon today. They are mules. We started at the North Kaibab Trailhead, descended 2000 ft to the Supai Tunnel and then those poor mules had to haul our asses back up.

Later, Geoff and I did a 3 mile out and back on the Transept Trail. Three quiet (and hot) miles where we got to hear the wind whistle through the pines.

Currently, I’m sitting on the patio of the lodge with Geoff and Bodhi (Iz is sleeping in the cabin) and my heart is so full of gratitude I want to yell it out into the canyon.Read more