[pct-l] ? about TP and boxes

[RJ Lewis]

OK, since we are all bein silly here....why not just use the "used" 
pages from your books you all tore up for your hike? I mean, once you 
have "passed that way", you no longer need them, right? Why not reuse 
them as TP? Seems logical to me....somethin like the ole' Sears Roebuck 
catolog of old. *LOL*

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Love the idea of kleenex, and of baby wipes, although the baby wipes 
idea would seem to me, to be a bit heavy, compared to TP and kleenex. 
But, baby wipes have more than one use- can use them to clean up after a 
particularly dirty day, if one chooses to. I know we used them in the 
desert alot- even if one isn't hiking, you just cannot avoid the 
"creeping crud" one collects when down in the desert. That crap collects 
on everything, animate OR inanimate. *L* You could shower once an hour 
and STILL feel dirty at the end of the day!!!! I remember slathering 
lotion on before my shower, and then drying off with baby oil, when we 
spent those 2 years down there...only way to keep one's skin reasonably 
hydrated.

BTW, found some excellent lotion for burnt/dried out skin...tried it out 
this last summer after sitting over a creek gold sluicing all day up in 
the high country. =) It's called "Renew" Intensive Skin Therapy (by 
Melaleuca, Inc- www.melaleuca.com)...and by golly the stuff works!! A 
friend gave me an 8 oz bottle of it, and I transferred some to 1 oz 
bottles for my backpack kit, as it cools and soothes burnt skin, and for 
some reason, helps keep it from peeling like mad. It's a clinically 
proven product. I absolutely fell in love with it this summer, and I'm 
*not* too easy to convince. It's not greasy, and doesn't leave your skin 
feeling that way, or like it has a layer of goop on it. (I hate that 
feeling)  Works great for all over skin care also, as well as dry feet 
and hands, etc.....but it was given to me for sunburn care. Just an idea 
for those of you who may have to deal with it. I don't generally use 
sunscreen, as I'm allergic to most of the ingredients and I tan rather 
quickly, and darkly. Oh, and there isn't a mile long list of ingredients 
on the back of the bottle!! =) (nice!)

Hope maybe this helps someone in need. Happy New Year all!



g l wrote:
>
> I don't blame ya Len.  I hear they grow some mighty big pine cones out 
> in them thar hills....
>  
> Wheeew
> */Len Glassner <len5742 at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     I'm considering resupplying along the way, instead of mail drops.
>     After all, why mail myself 500 packages of Ramen, when I can buy it
>     along the way and save the postage?
>
>     How do the on-trail resupply veterans handle the following?
>
>     !. When one is forced to mail resupplies to the smaller stops from a
>     'full' resupply location, from where do you source the mailing
>     containers, aka boxes? I would think USPS flat rate boxes are a bad
>     deal for the relatively short mailing distances. Maybe rummage behind
>     grocery stores?
>
>     2. Toilet paper - Don't recall seeing single rolls for sale all that
>     often. Buy a 4-pack, keep one and toss the rest? (I'm not bouncing
>     it.) Pine cones are not an option.
>
>     TIA
>
>     Len
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