Re: [pct-l] leaving soon, mailing white gas, list suggestion

["R.J. Baynum" <rjbaynum@nidlink.com>]

ask the 
post office?

Rebecca Williams wrote:
> 
> hello all.
> 
> I am getting very ready to leave!
> Yesterday and the day before I spent the day getting food from
> costco, traderjoe's and getting last minute things from REI,
> bookstores etc. Today is my day to pack stuff up into
> boxes.  and yesterday I realized (it dawned on me!) ... I don't know where,
> and if, I need to mail white gas to myself, so ...
> 
> 1. does anyone know the regulations for mailing white gas?
> 2. should I pack it up in a seperate small package or just
> include it in my regular resupply box?
> 3. what kind of container should I use? Can I / should
> I just use the metal box like container it comes in when you buy it?
> I have one extra fuel bottle, can I mail it in that as well?
> 4. does anyone know out of the following resupply places which
> ones I'll need to mail white gas to? (i.e. which ones can I not
> get white gas or even regular gas at? (I have a stove
> that takes regular gasoline, if needed.) Oh, someone sugested
> using low octane instead of high octane if I go to a gas station for
> gas for my stove, is this correct?
> 
> I have 9 definite places where I'm mailing food:
> 
> 1. mt laguna (generic 4 day box)
> 2. warner springs (generic 4 day box)
> 3. kennedy meadows (generic 6 day box, with tent included)
> 4. vermillion valley resort (generic 4 day box)
> 5. burney falls (generic 4 day box)
> 6. crater lake (ups only)(generic 4 day box)
> 7. ollalie lake resort(generic 4 day box)
> 8. timberline lodge (generic 4 day box)
> 9. stehekin(generic 6 day box)
> 
> (generic 4 day box has food for 4 days, & generic 6 for 6 days)
> 
> does anyone have the current address & phone for ollaie lake resort, (since
> the ranger station has been shut down & we aren't supposed to mail
> packages there)?
> 
> I'm also considering packing up boxes for an extra 5? resupply places ..
> considering ... (generic 4 day boxes for the following)
> maybe - red meadows
> maybe - toulemne meadows (might not need it, may have friends meet me)
> maybe - sierra city
> maybe - belden
> maybe - seiad valley
> maybe - cascade summit - (now it's West Odell Lake Rd, Hwy 58, Cresent Lake OR
> 97425, instead of cascade sumit PO, and it's ups only, 541-433-2548)
> 
> What do you suggest?
> (For the rest of my resupply places I'm going to buy supplies as I go.)
> 
> On a seperate note ...
> 
> ****Suggestion for list Admin(s)****
> 
> (When you return from your race in Morocco, which I hope was great!)
> Has anyone considered having a seperate or sub mailing list ...
> for those on the trail ... i.e. just news from those on the trail
> and info about trail conditions? so that people on the trail
> could be subscibed to a smaller list (smaller = fewer posts)?
> On the smaller list they would only get relevant info while
> they were hiking & their e-mailboxes wouldn't get
> filled up with normal PCT-L list activity stuff.
> 
> Everyone on the PCT-l could be on the list ... but it's purpose
> would be primarily to hear from those on the trail ... i.e. no
> gear questions or planning stuff. kind of like the idea of the digest,
> but a list specifically designed for people currently thruhiking/or
> on the trail?
> anyway ... this is just a thought, I had yesterday since I'm
> going to be unsubscribing from the PCT-L soon, ... so that
> my mailbox doesn't fill up while I'm gone. But I thought ..
> it'll be sad to miss the stuff about how people are doing when
> I do get to check in occationally from the trail.
> 
> thank you!
> rebecca williams
> rebecca_pct@usa.net
> (see many of you soon at adzpickzo(sp?) thing!!)
> 
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