1/2 way

on 15 June 2009

One of the best things about hiking the AT is that you can pretty much
eat anything and still lose weight. I try to eat healthy but calories
and fat are actually very necessary when you hike 10 hrs a day.

It's tradition that at the 1/2 way point hikers take the "1/2 gallon
challenge". I finished mine easily in under 20 minutes but I don't
think I'd ever do it again. It totalled 1600 calories.

I chose Peanut Butter Mania in honor of my girlfriend Courtney because
I think that's what she would have picked out of the selection. As you
can imagine it takes a lot of work for someone to disapear into the
wood for 5 months. Not only has she been finishing up a great 1st year
of teaching at Caroline Elementary in Ithaca but she has also been
filling a critical role of mailing us food drops, taking care of the
pets, mowing the lawn, taking care of my mail, etc. I'm 1/2 way done
and enjoying everything but really looking forward to getting home to
her and back to the "normal" life.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats on the halfway!

Paul Wiech said...

Yeehaa! Glad to see you still have an appetite after all we ate over the weekend!

Miss Coffey said...

This means the world to me. YOU mean the world to me! You are such a unique individual in this world Chad DeVoe and we're all so lucky to know you. Thank you for acknowledgement of what goes on when someone you love disappears into the woods for 5 months! (by choice!)

Amanda said...

Chad, your post made my eyes tear up!!! We all miss you, but you are right, Court is doing one heck of a job! We will miss you lots this up coming weekend, while we are camping in the Adks. There is no chance of you stopping by and entertaining us with a little Poi, is there? =)

some one from 1st period :o) said...

Mr. DeVoe,
That's nice that you chose that kind in honor of your girlfriend.
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But seriously good luck and best of wishes!

Anonymous said...

hey mr.devoe it was nice of you to eat cream of ice(l.o.l.)in honor of your girlfriend it was sweet.thank you for the ice cream too it was very good.last night i also ate peanut mania last night with my ftriends in honor of you making it to the 1/2 way point and not giving up. we all hope you maken it all the way so Groton has the pride of saying that we have a teacher who hiked the AT trail all the way. so make it all the way and dont get eaten by a bear...remember the saying "ALL OR NOTHING"And dont come back untill you make it all the way to maine. OK. it was nice talking to you see you next year (I HOPE) BYE BYE
KAITLYN STAUFFENEKER 7TH GRADE STUDENT!

sarah said...

hey way to go you made it half way.im proud of you keep up the great work!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

-sarah

Anonymous said...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO yea wazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz up its me Toni from Mr.D's class that looks good. I want some i ate ice cream and made it to well got to go bye.

Anonymous said...

Hey Mr.Devoe...Whats up?Im am so happy that you have maid it past half way..Guess what?,today is learn a new thing day..I learned how to make a bead poeple my person is green and white we also maid hemp braclets and our own vanilla ice cream.....YUMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!
From:Brittany

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Anonymous said...

Hey it's Jake that ice cream looks so good. Half way that is good. I have another race, hope I do good. I can't wait till summer, hopfully it wont be to hot. 5 more days, wooo hooooooooooooo.Hows it goin on the trail, hopfully good?

Alissa said...

Nice pic Mr Devoe! I have weighed my chances and have concluded that I would NOT be able to do that. That is truly a gift you have there. I hope you are having fun on your trip! We all miss u sooooooooo much! Two more days of school and then we can see you in the fall! YAY!

P.S. Does anybody else agree with me that the person in the back looks A LOT like Ms.Zraik!?!?
Hmmmmm?

Anonymous said...

hi mr.deVoe
just want to say hi was the ice cream good . Good luck on the trail.

from,Brenna

Anonymous said...

Yeah, but will will life ever be 'normal' again?

Real deep dude.

Skip

Anonymous said...

In that picture you look starving. I could see that you were eating icecream.What kind of icecream was it?

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