The Grandview is icy, the Bright Angel is icky with mule runoff, it is too windy for the South Kaibab, so we hiked to Dripping Springs. No ice except one little stretch just above the Toroweap. No one else on the trail at all. Very nice fossils all along the way.

Coming out from the springs we spottted something blue down in the wash. So we had to backtrack and clamber down to check it out. Thinking: I hope it's not a hiker. It was a 10 gallon water jug. So we packed it out, climbing up the cliffs and scree holding onto it until I could get to a good spot to jam it into my pack. Picked up major karma points today.