[pct-l] FOOOOD!

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

You might consider just planning some of it in advance. Perhaps only  
plan out in advance all of Southern California up to Tehachapi. By  
then you'll really know what you are doing. There's a huge  
supermarket in Tehachapi, a Big-K K-mart (has food) and another  
cheaper super market. You could pack and ship food to yourself for  
many miles up the trail from Tehachapi. The next huge supermarket is  
South Lake Tahoe. You could do it like this all the way up the trail.

I tried planning all my food and packing boxes for every resupply but  
I got sick of the food choices I made in only about 300 miles and  
some of it got stale. So I ended up just doing the shop-as-you-go  
plan and that worked fine for me.

If you don't have Yogi's town guide, you should get it because that's  
how you will know where the big supermarkets are plus you'll have  
addresses for post offices and other shipping destinations.

You don't shop for 6 months of your regular life in advance. You  
don't have to for 6 months of trail life if you know where the stores  
are.

On Mar 11, 2013, at 4:10 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Abilene B. <abilenebushong at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] FOOOOD!
> To: "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Date: Monday, March 11, 2013, 2:27 PM
>
>
> Okay SO - I have pretty much all my gear, I've read tons of books,  
> but still I am unsure as to how and where to start planning the  
> logistics of food. I don't understand enough to know whether I will  
> buy all my food along the way, send all my food by mail, or do half  
> and half of both. My main goal is to have enough food, to know when  
> to contact my boyfriend and tell him to send some food, to not be  
> pressured into going into town for a resupply if I don't need one  
> yet or want to push to the next town due to timing. I want to be  
> able to go with the flow, and not constantly be following deadlines  
> (hello that's what hiking is for!). I don't know how to plan for 6  
> months worth of food. I just have no clue where to begin with this  
> - it is mind boggling for me for some reason. Help! Oh, and I think  
> a crucial piece of information is I am vegetarian, so that limits  
> availability of food I can resupply with in towns making me think I  
> may have to buy more food ahead
>  of time. Thanks guys.
>
> Peace, Abbi
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