Keith Beaty and I have a permit starting tomorrow for a New Hance - Tonto - Grandview hike.  When we meet at the South Rim and check the weather, we find that the temperature at the River tomorrow is forecast to be 100 degrees plus.  Nothing about that sounds like fun to us, so we visit the Backcountry Office and change our permit for two nights on Horseshoe Mesa later in the week.  Those extra few days allow us to do a Dripping Springs - Waldron day hike (our trip report) tomorrow and for the temperatures to moderate a little later in the week.

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