Breakfast Chocolate

Breakfast chocolate is something I invented on the trail. It's pretty simple. Once breakfast is technically over, but packing up hasn't started, or packing is finished and we are waiting to move, there is breakfast chocolate. Breakfast chocolate has the power to set the tone for the day. Much like "Bedtime Whiskey" has the power to set the tone for your sleep and dreams.

Is it going to be a fun morning of hiking with lighthearted conversation and even lighter feet or a drudge through boot and sock soaking hummocky tundra? Of course, I am talking about the same hike. Did chocolate love poetry inspire tales of true love with happy endings or is it all you can do to not tell the most annoying member of your hiking party to stop filling you in on his bowel movements?

Furthermore, the planned hike for the day, can determine your choice of melt in your mouth and possibly your hand sustenance. Are you hitting the big pass that takes you up to the continental divide or just making your way to the trailhead on the last day out. The former requires something special, say Poco Dolce. The latter, should you have any chocolate left, celebrate and eat whatever it is, probably the milk chocolate M&Ms.