May 6
Mileage: zero

I have one goal for my zero at the south rim of the Grand Canyon, besides eat a lot of food and do all the internet things I need to do: take a nap. I accomplish this goal in the afternoon, laying in our tent at the forested campsite that another hiker so generously shared with us, while outside the sun fights with an oncoming storm in bursts of cold wind and cars go by on the nearby road and people murmur in the neighboring camps. It’s an incredible nap- but aren’t they all? Camping so near a road reminds me of sleeping in forgotten patches of trees in my trainriding days.

We’ll hike out in the early a.m. tomorrow- we could’ve hiked out this afternoon but we’ve got to get all the way across the canyon and back up to the north rim in one day before camping, so an early morning start is best. This new storm will bring fresh snow and cold to the north rim- not as bad as the last storm, but we can’t get rid of our extra layers just yet, and we have to bring plastic bags for our feet.