Busy, busy fall. Did an intro backpack which will be written up in Arizona Highways, then a rim to rim and another RTR next week.

Saw the usual pink rattler at Cottonwood. It likes to hang around the water faucet to catch mice when they show up for a drink.
Lovely full moon, in fact, the first equinox moon in more than a decade. The full moon rose opposite the sunset, right over the equator. Jupiter is also directly opposite the sun, and closest it has been in a while, so it was spectacular. With the full moon, the runners were out. Trotting through Cottonwood at 10 PM, 11 PM, midnight, 1 AM, 2 Am, etc., all stopping by the water faucet (along with the snake) and all conversing LOUDLY about their run. "We can't be more than 5 miles from Phantom Ranch". "You are 6.5 miles from Phantom, and please leave. Now."

Lots of bugs at Bright Angel. We don't get bugs here! Biting flies, something else little that bites (gnats? Miniature flying scorpions?) Took a black light and found a dozen scorpions in the rocks at campsite 33. Very dramatic. A little scary, when they just kept showing up, and showing up, closer, and closer...Bwa ha ha ha.