The Thanksgiving Trail Feast (that will never be)

Madeline and I thought long and hard how we could create the illusion of a celebratory dinner on Thanksgiving for one lone hiker likely to find himself alone in a shelter at the close of the day on Thursday. This is what we put together in a Thanksgiving box to priority mail ...... a yam wrapped in foil so that he could put into the fire to cook, dehydrated garlic mashed potatoes, dried corn, roasted almonds and pumpkin seeds, a pumpkin pie granola bar, home made cranberry fruit leather, a giant honey crisp apple, popcorn, instant spicy chai latte, a couple shots of good rum, dark chocolate studded with cranberries and almonds, and home baked cookies (by Madeline) - pumpkin chocolate chip and honey ginger snaps. It sounded like a feast worthy of a Thanksgiving on the trail. As we were packing everything to mail Saturday morning, we got the call .... Jonathan is coming home .... more on that later. We didn't mail the box. ~ Amy

Happiness is found along the way, not at the end of the trail. ~ Noland Hisey (AT hiker '89)