[pct-l] mailing labels

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

Dear Cascade Locks beer drinking buddy, et all, 
    I rejected the PCTA labels when I first looked at  them in 05. The font 
wasn't large enough to begin with; they do have errors, and  shouldn't even be 
on the site with errors. They also don't cover all the  alternatives for 
resupply. 
    I put 3 labels on the front of my boxes, and 1 on  the side. I print my 
own labels, and double check, probably triple check  everything, once with 
someone else to make sure I'm not assuming anything  or making a mistake. I still 
screwed up with a wrong zip code once; it cost  me nothing, because I was 
already stuck in Tuolumne Meadows for 3  days, waiting on an replacement cassette 
recorder for my journal. That was a  rough 4 days: talked to about 25 other 
hikers, rode the bus route twice, took 2  showers, and pigged out at the cafe 
twice a day.  
    On a side is my 2 x 4 sorting label with from and  two locations, segment 
mileage, maximum estimated hiking days, and where I plan  to pick up that 
box: a PO, a business, or an angels. I also note if my bounce  box is going to 
that pick up location.
    On "top" I put a 1 x 2 5/8 return address in the  upper left. In the 
lower left I put a 1 x 2 5/8 "Please hold for 2009 PCT  Hiker John Doe - Estimated 
arrival ___ ____"; the latter part is left blank  until mailing time, in case 
I'm running slower or faster than the plan. 
    The main mailing label is 2 x 4, with as large a  font as I can get onto 
the label. It just has the usual info.
    All labels are taped over with packaging tape to  keep the ink from 
running if it gets damp. I also mark the other 5 sides of the  box in my distinct, 
easy-to-find-for-postal-people, trade secret  way. 
    
 
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if  it 
wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' 
-- Harry Browne

"If you think  health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs 
when its free."  
-- P. J. ORourke



In a message dated 2/22/2009 9:52:16 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com writes:

ok maybe  this is a really stupid question..but how big do the mailing labels 
need to be  on our boxes and does anyone have an easy and fast way to do 
this...ugh this  is more tedious than putting the food together for the 
boxes...atleast I think  it is...I haven't gotten that far yet...wwwhhhhaaahhh!

O and BTW...alot  the premade labels on the PCT website are wrong and the 
prices for pick up are  REALLY wrong...LOL

patti



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