A Typical (7,000 Calorie) Day

Internet access has been limited, but we've found ourselves with a quick chance to hop on a computer at the Hayter's Gap public library, where we've stopped for a quick break before beginning a steep climb culminating in lunch. So in lieu of a full summary of our past few days of Appalachian travel, I thought our readership (recently estimated at 8 but growing fast we're told) would be interested in what a typical day's menu looks like. The amount of calories that our bodies ask for on a daily basis has surprised even us!

Using yesterday, a 64 mile not-too-challenging day, as example, here is what our food intake looks like:

7AM: Wake-up and shovel down a fair amount of granola and chocolate chips. Multi-vitamin (pro-biotic optional).
8AM: Begin biking.
9AM: First break. Eat a BumbleBar (300 calorie energy bar), peanuts, and a granola bar.
10AM: Second break. Pull into a local diner and order an ommelette, biscuits, hashbrowns and toast.
11AM: Third break. Raisins, more granola, chocolate chips, and peanuts.
12PM: Lunch. Essentially a glorified snack break where we stuff more granola down, along with a gatorade from a local gas station, before collapsing onto our sleeping pads for a 1-hour reading session (typically a two day old Wall Street Journal) and nap.
2PM: Back on the bikes.
3PM: Pull into a McDonald's. Consume a milk shake, fries, and (in Sam's case) a double quarter pounder with cheese.
5PM: Arrive at camp. Heat some water on our stove, and cook ramen. Two packets each.
7PM: Head to a local restaurant for our final meal of the day. Last night we took in two 16" pizzas at a local parlour. Two nights ago we enjoyed the local BBQ.
10PM: Sound asleep. Sam imitating a chain saw.

So that's a typical day!
Ben.