No Rain, No Pain, No Maine!

No rain, no pain, no Maine! One of the mantras on the A.T. to keep the hikers going through some very cold, mountainous, and wet conditions.
The G-Town Colonel is only 29 miles from the southern entrance to the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. Many of the hikers are a bit nervous about hiking the Park. The high elevations in the park make the 7 day trek rather unpredictable, weather wise. The weather can go from sunny to snowing in no time at all. However, the G-town Colonel has hiked the Park before, so is not that concerned. The extra clothing requested by the G-town Colonel did not arrive. We are finding the US mail service does not work so great in the Mountains. I’m sure he’ll survive.
He has requested a change in his food re-supply packages. He would like to substitute instant oatmeal and raisins for the prepackaged, freeze-dried eggs he has be eating for the last couple of weeks. In fact, he is sending home some of the eggs because he just can’t eat them. So, back to his morning oatmeal routine of the last 25 years of his life. Another change in his food supply is additional power bars and no beef jerky. I know have several packages of beef jerky and freeze-dried eggs that I’m not sure what I’m going to do with. Any suggestions would be appreciated.He still sounds great over the phone. His spirits are high and sounds like he is having a very good time. Again, he has promised his journal entries and photo’s soon. He will be mailing them home from Fontana Village this Saturday. So, hopefully, in a week or so, we will have his personal account of his adventure.