Preparing Food Mail Drops

This hike will be different from our AT thru-hike. In the past we prepare most of our own food drops in advance. We had a wonderful support team that did the mailing. On this trip we're going to mix it up a little. We've asked friends and family to 'Adopt a Mail Drop'. Basically we've ask others to do ALL the work! With some simple instructions, our new expanded support team will be asked to build and mail a predetermined food drop.

For Stud and I, the mystery of unknown food items will be exciting, and I hope the sender will have fun creating the package.

Logistically this involved a mailing to each support team member:
- schedule
- mailing labels
- buying suggestions
- trail map

It'll be interesting to see if generous family members can restrain themselves and not send enough food to feed an army division for a month, when 2 hikers for 3 days is the need! We are going to do a few drops ourselves. Included are photos of the food items that 'do well' on the trail.