We started atop a pass nothwest of Jerome leaving camp at an unheard of 9:45 a.m. I usually have breakfast around then. We arrived Williams at 2 pm.
I shot from the car. I didn't want to get any closer.
In Flagstaff I picked two thriftstores to look for boots & discovered, after feeding the meter, the first was closed. The next had nothing but there was a nearby Goodwill. Goodwill's prices seem high to me, but they had the goods. Timberland Mt Maddsen size 13. Big enough to handle the edema. $25.00 for a $120.00 shoes; twice what I wanted to pay.
The 125 miles acrosst The Rez can be intense. The highway, paved a few years ago, is already worn out. Even when it was spanking fresh there were alot of Whoop-de-dos and bumps. It's the traffic though, that does it. It's a constant stream until you get north of The Gap; and everyone's in a hurry. The speed limit is 65 and you take your life in your hands if you go any slower; people will try and get ahead of you at the least opportunity and even when there's LESS.
But at 5 pm in Flagstaff I could feel the effect of having gone from 4400 feet to 7,000 in elevation and decided it had to be done.
I got to camp a few minutes after 8:00 at a BLM site just inside the Utah state line. 3 hours tuh go 125 miles. A veritable land speed record!
Ankle support, fairly stiff sole for stability and waterproof! We'll see how they wear.
HUURRAAAYY! cried the children (excerpted w/o permission from Dav Pilkey's *Captain Underpants* series.
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