We took a zero day in Tucson, mostly chilling out in the hotel and catching up on some much-needed sleep. Our place was near the Mexican restaurant we went to last visit with the awesome carne asada tacos, so we went and got those again.

Rose and I have been carrying a lightweight tarp for our shelter in case it rains, but have been cowboy camping the whole trail so far – just laying our air pad and quilt on a groundsheet but with no tent or tarp around us while we sleep. This setup is nice for its simplicity and for looking at the stars, but the trail has been surprisingly buggy and we have been craving the creature comforts of a tent, so we shipped ourselves one to Oracle, a couple of town stops down the list. Hoping this will help me sleep better on the trail.