Saturday, Sept 15 was our day to finish our preparations and get our minds, if not our bodies, ready for this marathon hike. Well, not exactly a marathon, but we were preparing for the worst.
We met our friends for a second breakfast then rented the tent, sleeping pads and a set of poles so that we could get our duffles packed and delivered to the mule barn early in the day. Our large duffle was not as big as we would have liked but we were able to get everything packed in it and the small duffle. At the mule barn our bags were weighed and we came in several pounds under the 30# maximum. We also ran into three of the couples from home so we hung out with them the rest of the day.
We took the time to go to the Visitor's Center and walk along the rim, spotting the Kaibab trail which we will descend tomorrow. We tried to drive to the Kaibab Trailhead but that was for shuttle busses only. We stopped at the Back Country permit office to get a few questions answered and to make plans to catch the hikers express shuttle the next morning at 6 AM.
The rule of thumb before any high energy event is to eat a high carbohydrate meal the night before, so we had a pasta dinner with lots of bread before retiring early since we have to be up at 4 tomorrow morning.
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