August 31, 2014: Since it’s National Trail Mix Day, I figure it’s the right time to ask a question that’s always plagued me: are trail mix and gorp the same thing? It looks like gorp is a variant of trail mix with specific ingredients? And I’ve just learned that there are also terms like scroggin and schmogle used to describe trail mix. Weird. I’m not a trail mix eater, myself, because it always seems to include raisins. Which, I may have mentioned before, are an abomination. But if you do have some trail mix, be sure to have it in the great outdoors in honor of Eat Outside Day. It’s certainly the right time of year for this holiday — as summer turns to fall here in the northern hemisphere, it’s probably not too hot and not too cold to enjoy a meal out on the patio. (A very Goldilocks time of year, if I may.)