Too hot to go down inside. Saturday I was to mile and a half with a nice couple from Florida. That was OK. We were out early enough that there was plenty of shade in the Fault Switchbacks. By early afternoon, we could see from the rim that ALL the shade was gone from the trail, and the rim-to-rim runners were still plugging along.

A guy passed us at the second tunnel, telling all and sundry that he left the North Rim at 5 AM, with his spiffy "rim to rim 09" shirt. He said, "There are over 100 of us." I said,"And did you get a permit?" but he ignored me.

Sunday we rode bikes along the west rim road. Looked for the terminus of the Pima Point tramway, but no luck. Have to look for some old photos to pinpoint it, I guess. It was 85 on the rim, yikes!