Kaibab Trail and Bright Angel Trail - Grand Canyon - Arizona, United States

Story: Loren and I caught the 4:30 shuttle to start out hike down Kaibab trail to the Bright Angel Campground at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.  A park ranger told us it would stay so hot down in the canyon that we wouldn't even use sleeping bags, and that there weren't any bugs, so we decided to pack VERY light (water, some cliff bars, jerkey and dried fruit, and our sleeping pads).  It took us about 3 hours to get down, so we spent the day sitting in the cold creek and reading Steinbeck and Hemingway.  We also listened to the ranger talks about the new Dam and Bats.

Instead of being warm the entire night, it decided to rain, and Loren and I may have had about 30 minutes of solid sleep if we were lucky.  After getting tired of curling up under a tree to avoid as many raindrops as possible, we left camp around 3:30am to head back up to the top.  We had to refill our water a few times, and made it up in just under 4 hours.  We then hurried over to the lodge for some breakfast burritos and coffee before driving out of the park on on to our next destination: Arches National Park.

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