Hunger = Weird Burritos and Hot Pink Rice

So we've had the usual bumps, bruises, sore spots and achy joints but most surprisingly is an insatiable hunger that has become ever present. Anna and I eat like food deprived teenagers and the selection of what we eat is just as scary, just think of some odd combination of tortillas, cheese, cheese nips, dried fruit, peperoni and then add chocolate and or peanut butter. Please do watch out for your small pets, scraps of food left on plates and really anything within a three foot radius of us when we get back into the civilized world. We may need some sort of "handler" for awhile, like an old zoo guard equipped with a sedative dart gun. I've watched Anna eat entire kitchens out of food, and southern kitchens at that. Oh and I've definitely had my share in scaring buffet owners and pie makers around the southern portion of the trail. We think that the restaurant owners are notifying towns further north of our imminent arrival in order to fortify their menus and or close down until we pass by like some thunderstorm of hunger.



The weird burrito: chocolate, peanut butter, raisins, cheese nips, almonds, dried mango's and a tortilla.

Hot pink rice meal! Yeah! Apparently dried beets added to anything will make anything hot pink.

Hey, why not add pretzels to Ramen noodles?

Overall we are just having a blast, some days better than others but more often than not we are having a good time. The worst thing we encounter out here is bad weather. A day of rain is fine and dandy but 5 straight days of rain hiking through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park is great for the drought but not the best for (enjoyable) hiking. Oh well, part of the adventure, right?

Some great hiker guy that was handing out Root Beers on a hot day!

Adventurous Anna, she almost fell, twice and I didn't even laugh once.

Hope everyone is doing well and we miss you all. T of T&A on the AT.