Recovery from the Tonto Plateau hike started as soon as I reached van. After the hike, the climb out of the Canyon and the bike ride, I was so tired and hungry I could barely stand. One beer, cheese, crackers...they helped immediately. Then on to a cola, then another beer. Other than stepping down from the van, I was starting to feel almost normal.
After 3 days living mostly on home-made energy bars (see picture .. thanks to Andrew for that suggestion..) which were quite good, I enjoyed reheated pizza and more beer for supper, followed by honey curd muslei (something I learned about in Nepal) for dessert.
After a good, quiet night's sleep in the Kaibab National Forest, I started the day with sausage, turkey bacon and poached eggs.
In the coolness of a beautiful morning, I headed down off the Coconino plateau towards the Painted Desert, en route to Moab, with Toto's "Africa" playing on the iPod. With admirable tech-gadget prescience, the iPod quickly moved on to Charlie Daniel's "The Diet Song", surely nothing to do with the breakfast I'd just had.
Recovery day is starting out well.
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