Day 2 Cottonwood to Bright Angel

The hike on day two was also just over two miles but the net drop was only 1600 feet. John P’s knee was noticeably a problem but the uphill portions provided some relief.

About 1.5 miles into our hike we took a side trip to Ribbon Falls. This added to our hike but it was well worth the effort. More “Wow!” moments.

Getting lower into the canyon brought us considerably warmer temperatures. We arrived at Bright Angel campground early afternoon. After setting up our tents we went and sat down in a refreshing cool stream of water for an hour. A few of us even lay down. Unfortunately, my (Dave) camera was not there to capture the moment so you might need to wait until we report to see that.

Bright Angel campground gets a lot more visitors and activities so we were able to hear an interesting talk about the California condor.

By now we realized we had taken along a lot more food than we would need so we all tried to give our food away, with little success. We were told we would need one package of dried food each for supper. The first day we only prepared five packages for the six of us, today it was four (tomorrow it will be three). One of our neighbours helped by accepting ONE piece of flatbread. We’ll need to carry a lot of food out.

After supper we went for a short walk to see some suspension bridges and again, we were all in bed before 8:00.

Along the way we were often asked about our project - Eden Mental Health.