4/22/19 Mileage: 18 170 miles hiked 6 miles into our day the Arizona trail leaves the Highline trail, and we stay on the Highline trail. In our 18 miles on the AZT we didn't see any AZT hikers, but we did see lots of footprints. We wave goodbye to the nice tread, the campsites, and … Continue reading Mogollon Rim Trail day 13: burn

Did you know that Muffy is blogging every day from the MRT too? And she's a really good writer! Muffy's blog is here- muffyjdavis.com Muffy and I have so many posts from the Mogollon Rim Trail written, just waiting to go up! We're putting them up together as we reach fundraising goals🤓 The fundraiser for … Continue reading Muffy’s Blog

4/21/19 Mileage: 12 152 miles hiked It's noon by the time we make it back to the trailhead. We had to lay in bed this morning, make out, pack everything, shit in a toilet one last time, and then of course we had to eat at taco bell. After eating we had to sit in … Continue reading Mogollon Rim Trail day 12: the highline trail/AZT

4/20/19 Mileage: zero Muffy and I stay up late talking about... everything and I wake at 5, when the first light is leaking through the curtains. I make us coffee in the hotel room coffee maker and we eat instant oatmeal, feeling gloriously alive. My feet still feel like swollen, painful stumps, but otherwise I … Continue reading MRT day 11: Alfonso’s burns down

4/19/19 Mileage: 17.5 140 miles hiked The ponderosa forest is perfectly still and cold, the stars bright, the moon so full it feels warm, there isn't one drop of condensation. We're warm and cozy, I've never felt anything as comfortable as my neo air. We wake at dawn to turkeys gobbling in the distance. My … Continue reading Mogollon Rim Trail day 10: our feet r beat

4/18/19 Mileage: 14.5 122.5 miles hiked I wake up in the dark, my bag wet with dew. Frost glitters in the moonlight. I'm cold. I cinch the hood of my sleeping bag, bringing its warming powers up to level 10 and curl on my side, thinking about the dark busted cabin we're camped next to. … Continue reading Mogollon Rim Trail day 9: wherein Clear Creek Canyon is incredible and kicks our asses

4/17/19 Mileage: 19 108 miles hiked Road. Jeep road. Jeep road full of rocks. Rough lava rocks, smooth brown rocks. Jeep road full of rocks in the sun. Life is this road. The road goes up, the road goes down. Interlude at Wet Beaver Creek, down in a canyon with the deep water and the … Continue reading Mogollon Rim Trail day 8: road/water

4/16/19 Mileage:16 89 miles hiked I wake just before dawn and light my stove to heat water for tea. Muffy mumbles, stirs, sits up still half asleep. I love it when we go to bed so early that we wake up fully rested just as the first light washes out the night sky. Is there … Continue reading Mogollon Rim Trail day 7: rocks

4/15/19 Mileage: 10 73 miles hiked The mosquitoes are not chill. I lay in my sleeping bag with the hood cinched into a small hole around my eyes and nose and they take turns swooping in, landing on me, flying away. They are so small but their noise so close to my face at this … Continue reading Mogollon Rim Trail day 6: surprise chinese food

4/14/19 Mileage: 13 63 miles hiked It's so comfortable in Caity's loft under the sloping roof with the skylight letting in the night air that we sleep until 7 a.m.; by the time we're up, caffeinated, have eaten breakfast and hitched a ride back to the trail it's 9. Then I have to sit in … Continue reading Mogollon Rim Trail day 5: cat claw makes an appearance, tinajas save the day