You know you're a thru-hiker when you get upset at the new "low-calorie" snacks and zero calorie drinks. Or when you scan nutrition labels for a single item with the most calories. That's one of my new favorite games - Calorie Spotting I call it. Found a banana nut muffin at the Fontana Village general store that was 600 calories! A few days later I saw a glazed honey bun for 610. Perfect.
Today started off really easy - we pounded out 7.8 miles before 9:20am and met Jacko, Animal and Style (all thru-hikers). Planned to do 16-17 miles but we missed the campsite and did 20.4 instead. It wouldn't have been a big deal except it was 90 something and we had to traverse an overpass during midday. I've never seen Samwise sweat that much in my life.
It's 7:30pm now and we're both headed to bed. Our campsite is situated on a small island oasis between two flowing rivers. Can't beat that.
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