Gorp

Gorp is a mixture of high-energy foods typically including dried fruit, nuts, chocolate, and seeds consumed either as a snack or remotely as a primary sustenance. Loosely, this term may be applied to "trail mix" which is essentially the same thing.

My first encounter with gorp was a trip to the Chatooga River where I consumed it with great gusto having arrived with little in the way of funds and stayed pretty much starving the entire time. Still, I wanted to make the trip so I went with no money like the fool that I was at that time.

Today is National Trail Mix Day in the United States. It is a time to consider or possibly enjoy that high energy snack called trail mix.

It now comes in a variety of mixtures and is more or less healthy depending on what you combine to make it. Me ... I enjoy the large unsalted nuts and dried fruit combinations.

Others prefer the more indulgent varieties which include chocolate and other sweets in the mix. Regardless, it's a fine way to stave of hunger ... regardless of how it occurs.

Happy National Trail Mix Day to you. Trail mix is gorp. Gorp is trail mix.