It's Dr. Pepper Time!

After 4 years, 3 months, and 6 days I will finally have another carbonated drink (coke, pop, cola- whatever you want to call it).

I will begin my hike with a Dr. Pepper on the top of Springer Mountain, and end my hike with another one on top of Katahdin. In between, anything EXCEPT a Dr. Pepper is allowed.

After much thought, I decided that turning down a cold drink that conveniently has lots of calories (and thus energy) was not worth it. So my ban on cokes is temporarily lifted until I stand on Katahdin and have (another) last Dr. Pepper.