Day-2

Woke up around 6:30AM to the sound of people. Found that our other group of Anshu and friends were almost ready to leave. The newbies got introduced to pit-toilets. We found our eggs spoilt, though some of us did devour a couple. So with leftover sandwiches and some bars for breakfast, we packed our bags, filled our water bags and hit the road around 8:30AM. The trail
from Indian Garden to Bright Angel campground was around 4.7 miles with a drop of further 1400'. On the way we saw the Colorado River. The sight was wonderful, and we took a long break - waving at rafters/kayakers and chilling out by the river.

We still had over a mile to go, but the heat was catching up. With around 100degrees in the air, we were being subjected to slight dehydration. Just a few metres away from the bridge, Sandhya was hit by dehydration. We took a water break. Shared half a bottle of gatorade with an old rafting couple who had run out of water. We then walked over the bridge still unaware of how far we needed to go. Came across a Park official who did not answer my query regarding distance to the campground. But lo behold, to our surprise we saw the campground right around the corner. Got to our site, and started cooking our Backpackers lunch of Chana Masala and Kathmandu curry. Note to oneself - the former is not one worth taking in future. Pankaj and Sandhya were thrilled at the sight of clean toilets. After some time we joined Swamy who was enjoying the stream beside our camp. While chilling out there, we came across a deer and her kid who came to the stream for their water supply. When we got back to our camp, we were given a earful by the ranger for having left the campground in a mess - food on the table, bags lying around and clothes hung on trees. Quickly we got down to business of cleaning the stuff. Also came across some ants who had decided to devour our cashew clusters. Once things were set in place, we found a deer right besides our campground. More drama was to come when we heard about the ranger doing some cross-checks about a group of 18 getting three individual permits! We walked to the bridge to see sunset once the drama was laid to rest. Came back to cook some pasta for dinner.

During dinner we were harassed by a persistent ringtail who climbed up the pole on our backpacks, chased us from different sides. We had hitched our broken tents right in between the other two, and were good for one more night.
Mistake - Do not let the sun beat you in a place like Grand Canyon. So less breaks!