The Wild Azalea Trail is the longest trail in Louisiana.  Its 26.2 miles snake between Valentine Lake and the Woodworth Town Hall… and three of us Great Harvest employees hiked all of it in 1½ days last weekend.  My legs finally stopped being sore on Thursday but my collar bones are still bruised from where my pack’s shoulder straps sat.

As I planned the trip (using Pack & Paddle’s maps and expert advice), I realized that we needed light, energy-dense foods to take with us on the trip.  Add-boiling-water-and-mix meals were an easy solution for Breakfast and Supper but the question I was left with was what to do for lunch.  We weren’t going to stop and unpack our gear so we needed something portable that required no prep work.

While I’ve rolled out and baked Go Bars for years now and I frequently taste them for quality, I’ve never really eaten one before.  Our customers love them and rave about them so much that I put my faith in their testimonials and decided that we would bring them along for our lunches.  They’re loaded with everything that you need for a quick and easy meal or a snack that’ll sustain you for an afternoon on the road/trail/water.

They worked wonderfully.  I had Chris Meaux (our Jake Gyllenhaal lookalike) and Ryan Grob (“the guy that used to have long hair” as most of you know him) bring the Go Bars… nine bars per day for 6 people.  Believe it or not, this was more than enough.  We were burning tons of calories but the Go Bars really performed well and gave us sustained energy to climb hills and maneuver through bogs.

Go Bars… trail tested, trail approved!