National Trail Mix Day 2020

Well guys and gals the end of August once again brings us National Trail Mix Day in the US ... and marks the existence of one of my all time favorite snacks.

My earliest encounter with trail mix was a stuff called 'gorp' which was supplied in empty bread bags while whitewater rafting down the Chatooga river with my best old ex-friends Ralph Elrod, Marion McFarland, and the late Ron Player.

Trail Mix is an admixture of dried fruit, nuts, various grains, and often times chocolate in different forms designed to be taken on hikes and other such excursions.

It's lightweight, easily stored, and highly nutritious with multiple nutritional pathways being accommodated in the concoction.

The origin of trail mix has been the subject of debate with the seventeenth century "european connection" appearing most relevant but I personally fail to see the sigificance ...

My only interest in trail mix is it's suitability as a healthy snack on excursions requiring physical exertion and time expenditure.