Day 3 Bright Angel to Indian Garden

We left camp shortly before 7:00 so we could avoid hiking in the afternoon sun. The hike was 4.7 miles with a rise of 1320 feet. We increased that by about one mile by hiking via the “Black Bridge” and a section of River Trail along the Colorado River.

After the Black Bridge we had to pass through this tunnel - reluctantly. That is brown water in a place it does not rain, but many mules pass through. 

Another beautiful, warm and sunny day for hiking. Fortunately, the majority of our hiking has been in the shade. Today was definitely tougher with a lot of uphill. The plus to that was that it was easier for John P’s knee.

We arrived at camp shortly afternoon and set up our camp. The creek here was so shallow we had to dig a hole to get our feet into water. In the afternoon we heard an enjoyable talk by a Grand Canyon artist.

  

 In the evening we took a 1.5 mile hike to Plateau Point. From here we could see where we had come from.

We also saw that this was the mountain we needed to climb the next day.