Yesterday we had pretty much made up our minds to forfeit the 4th night at Lees Ferry and move up into the Kaibab Forest.
After an uncomfortable night's sleep, with temperatures still above 80°F at 10PM and above 75°F at 2AM, we were both on board to make the move this morning.
By 9:30AM it was already in the upper 70°Fs when we left our campsite and it was expected to make it into the mid-90°Fs by late afternoon.
After just 47-miles on the road we had changed our elevation from roughly 3200' up to 7900' and as I write this blog at 1:30PM it is a pleasant 74°F outside. Yes, it's going to get down to a chilly 43°F tonight, but we have blankets and a furnace to deal with that.
The entire 4700' of elevation gain today was over a very short and steep 6.5-mile distance. But, ROVER kept his cool the entire time and we barely saw the temperature needles move on either the engine or transmission gauges. Looks like he's ready to tackle those mountains coming up soon and I know, I hope I didn't just jinx ourselves.
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