The Appalachian Trail- So Good

Happy Memorial Day!

It amazes me how doing anything at all that resembles physical activity somehow convinces me that I can scoop  some ice cream and grab a beer.  Yet, here I am with Blue Bell yogurt mixed with brownies and a nearly frozen Ghost River(M'town beer, if you haven't indulged DO). This does give me some time to sit down and make a post though.

 I completely underestimated hydration requirements on the ride today, only bringing one bottle of water in 97 f* heat did not compensate for my sweat.  Luckily the nice lady at Yum's Chinese Sub Shop in Collierville allowed me to steal some water from the fountain station.  She immediately regretted this I'm sure when I didn't align the water bottle correctly and spewed water everywhere.  I told her compensation would come out in a shout out on my blog, GO TO YUM'S!  Physical training at this point is going well, my bike ride today totaled out at 18.9 miles in 01:11min.  However, I don't know if I will ever be able to get a hold of my eating habits until the time comes when I am eating granola and Lipton Alfredo packets.  That time is getting eerily close.  I think today marks around the t-minus 30 days or so.  I think this is one of those things that doesn't hit you until you are leaving.

I have yet to post any pictures of my sleeping bag, so I finally got the boo's camera and emailed myself some photos.  Models not included unless you want the beast "Gracie" I believe she's called.  You can find her on the 2nd picture doing a brutal mating ritual on her white blankey.  

I believe you guys have seen the bulk of my gear at this point.  Once I finally get around to working out some packing strategies I will post some pics so you can see what it will look like all together.  In a completely unrelated topic, Leigh (boo) and I went with some friends Fabi and Dustin to ZooBrew (Preciate the tickets Rod).  Super cool concept, basically you get a double shot glass upon entry and walk around the Memphis Zoo tasting really unique beers provided by vendors from all over.  The lines can be deterring at some points but in the end you get your fill of great beer and it gives you an opportunity to see some people that you haven't seen in a while.  Got to see some of my younger fraternity brothers which was awesome and also was pumped to catch up with my old Young-Life leader Kellan who just returned from LV working with Sierra Nevada.

That's about it for today.  As I mentioned before my friend Louis is going on yet another cycling tour departing this Thursday.  Keep an eye out on www.crazyguyandabike.com (search Louis Little), he does a really great job  updating and will most definitely have some really cool pics of places you might not ordinarily see.
Holla,
Bert