by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn
A few weeks ago, I found myself at the base of the first real hike of our Mighty 5 adventure. The West Rim Trail leading to Scout Lookout.
Y’all…
I don’t know who the sadistic creature was who thought, “Oh, this hike is so horrible, we should make sure the trail is here so lots of people can suffer the same way we did,” but someone did. And it turns out that so many people want to suffer this way, they have had to create a durable trail. I was shocked by how much of it is paved!
The trail starts off innocuously enough. A nice little path by the river that makes the unwary hiker think, “how hard can it be?” as you take the first few steps. But it’s not long before you encounter the first set of switchbacks and start to rethink all your life choices. This is not fun. This…is…gasp…not…gasp…cool at all. But, hey, I signed up for this. Right?
Onward!
