Tyler and Ella did R2R when they were younger. Now it was Abby's turn. It is important to make it fun and have friends to hike with. The Larrabees are great adventure buddies. Darren, Corey, and Keaton did R2R2R. They didn't all finish together but they all made it. It made for a fun adventure to look for them on the trail as we hiked. The views were beautiful. We had great water sources and plenty of food.
Abby had some chaffing going on which made it painful for her the last 6-8 hours. She wants to do it again so she can have a better experience. We started in the dark and ended in the dark. We were hoping for 12 hours but it ended up being 14 hours. We finished at the North Rim, Darren finished at the South Rim and Ella was in St George doing a bike race. We were all spread out. Abby trained a lot for this adventure. Every time she did some good exercise she put a bead in a jar. I had to laugh when the day after R2R she chose to walk on the treadmill at the hotel.
