March 12

Not much to share about this travel day. 

Left Atlanta at 10:50 am on Delta flight to Tucson. Long TSA line to get through security, but pretty uneventful getting to and out of Atlanta airport. 

Arrived in Tucson and took the shuttle to the hotel. The 3 hour time difference takes a minute to adjust to. I was ready for dinner at 3 pm Tucson time without having had lunch. 😳😳. Maverick and Assassin arrived about and hour and a half after me. We all relaxed in our rooms until about 4:00 pm (7:00 our time) and then walked next door to have dinner. Enjoyed dinner together and then turned in to our rooms around 6:30. 

March 13

Met downstairs for breakfast at 6 am and made our plan for the day. 

First we walked 3.2 miles to and from Walmart to buy a couple last minute items, including a box for us to mail our duffle bags and clean clothes to Kanab (our end point). 

Second we walked another 3.1 miles to the Post Office to mail our box. Got back and got our backpacks packed up and ready to go. By 2 pm we were twiddling our thumbs. So anxious. Ready to get going. **(Funny how hikers have trouble paying Ubers cause if we’re about to walk 800 miles, surely we can walk 6 or 7 to do our chores…right??? 🙄)

Our shuttler picks us up at 4 am tomorrow for a 2-21/2 hour drive to the trailhead. Then we will hike down the trail 1.8 miles to the start of the trail (which doesn’t count in trail miles 🤦‍♀️) and then officially start our hike. 

It’s H-O-T here. This week is supposedly gonna be a record hot week in Tucson. Yippee!!! 🥵 It’s definitely going to be a different kind of hike for me with the heat and limited water sources, but…..READY TO ROCK AND ROLL!!🤘