All I do now is think about next years thru-hike and all the fun things I can do. I keep going back to the Shenandoah National Park my favorite place on the AT. For anyone who don't know they have Waysides there that serve burgers, fries, and killer shakes. One of the burgers is called a bean burger and it delicious. It has three times the protein and it will last at least 10 miles of energy. I look at food as miles before eating again. Snickers is two miles at best. Anyhow the thing about the bean burger is I think it goes beans beans the more I eat the more I toot. Is OK to eat something that will scare a bear away. Where do you draw the line at trail etiquette?