Mitchell and I were up before dawn, dressed and ready to get on the move, but Kayla had to be nudged a bit to get moving that early, and we ended up getting breakfast without her as she took her time to dress and get herself moving. The food selections were limited to powdered eggs and processed oatmeal. Not great, but it was hot and gave us the calories we needed to get through the day, that and the black coffee that tasted more like refined mud than anything else.

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