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April 16, 2022 My eyes slowly opened with the first distant lighting of the sky. I usually settled to roost when the last light rays… Read More »Arizona Trail Day 36 – New Friends | Average Hiker

I was up and out of camp early this morning, yawning as I stumbled up the trail. Wearing my earplugs had not dulled the snoring… Read More »Arizona Trail Day 35 – Early Stop | Average Hiker

Cricket and I slept in this morning. I woke up and wrote until I heard her stirring and then lay watching and harassing her from… Read More »Arizona Trail Day 34 – Phoenix Resupply | Average Hiker

April 11, 2022 It was only about seven miles to Sunflower, where Cricket and I would get picked up for resupply in Phoenix, so I… Read More »Arizona Trail Day 31 – Run for Food! | Average Hiker

April 10, 2022 I tried to get as much of the soot off this morning as possible but I still had a slight grey cast… Read More »Arizona Trail Day 30 – There is Always Life | Average Hiker

April 9th, 2022 I would be climbing up into the Maztzals, another section ravaged by wildfires in recent years and, like the Superstitions, also being… Read More »Arizona Trail Day 29 – Sleeping In Ash | Average Hiker