[at-l] Question about food and mail drops

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

http://www.aldha.org/comp_pdf.htm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Stewart" <jim.stewart@usa.net>
To: "AT-l Mail List" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 5:04 PM
Subject: [at-l] Question about food and mail drops


> 
> Does anyone have the link to the on-line version of the Companion that
> they can forward to Kelly?  There might be some stuff in there that will
> help her planning.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> WhoAh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
> [mailto:at-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Kelly Whitman
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:20 PM
> To: at-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: [at-l] Question about food and mail drops
> 
> 
> I was working on a schedule for mail drops when I got a dose of reality:
> my 
> fibromyalgia flared up.  It doesn't happen often but it does happen.
> It's 
> unpredictable and sometimes necessitates a few days' rest.
> 
> That won't stop me from finishing the trail but it makes planning mail
> drops 
> more difficult because I could be laid up for up to 5 days at any point.
> I 
> wasn't going to try to keep to any rigid schedule but I was trying to 
> roughly plan out some idea of when I was going to be where.  I was 
> originally trying to schedule weekly mail drops (mainly food, my body
> just 
> doesn't run well on junk food and I'm also a vegetarian).  My drops are 
> coming from Arizona, so I have to do SOME planning.
> 
> I'll still have to have a few mail drops for gear, but now I'm back to 
> looking at resupplying food along the trail.  Could someone tell me a
> little 
> more about the kinds of food you find along the route?  Is it more like
> that 
> which you find in convenience stores (Circle K, 7-11), small-town
> grocery 
> markets (the kinds you find in rural mountain communities), supermarkets
> 
> (Albertson's, Von's, Basha's, etc.), or do they have actual prepackaged 
> backpacking food?  Or all of those?  Am I stressing out about this and 
> there's no reason to be?  lol
> 
> I'll eat Pop Tarts and Snickers until they come out of my ears if that's
> 
> what it takes to make it to Maine, but if I know where to look for some 
> healthier options, I'll definitely take advantage of them, too.
> 
> Kelly Whitman
> INTP
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