Since "W" Missed me so much...

[Mako19]

So after the last 3 days of fun it was time to "pay the Piper."
The day had come to hike my big *** out of this canyon back to the rim.
That meant 4 miles with 3000' of elevation change with a pack that was around 22 lbs now since I had ate most of the food I brought.

I woke up, loaded up on Ibuprophen to try to quiet down my legs which were screaming at me and just put one foot in front of the other.

The South Rim is approximately 6,500' so once we got closer the air was getting thinner and this big Louisiana boy was not used to that ****!

I just kept taking breaks when necessary which was also good times to stop and take in the beautiful views.

We hit the trail that morning at 8:30 and reached the rim aroun 2 p.m. Myself and two others were about 20 minutes behind the other two in the group who were obviously in better shape than me. But, I didn't mind. Why rush? Once I got back to the rim the experience was all but over.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from Day 4: