Gear and Food

Ah, yes, the two things that will make this 2,181 mile trek possible.  The gear we bring and the food we eat. We have been doing a great deal of planning and thinking when it comes to what to eat and what to carry all those miles. 

We think we have a pretty good assortment of food for our mail drops that will supplement what we find in towns along the way, and we hope we have all the right gear for every situation.  As with most things in life, though, we just won't know until we are out there, in a hail storm, on the summit of Mt. Washington or some such peak, if we really brought the right "stuff".

We have been packing up a wide array of delicious snacks and dried goods.

Lots of freeze-dried meals to heat with our trusty stove.

 We have picked all the lightest, nicest gear we could afford.

And we will see how it all turns out. I am sure some things won't last. We may need a few more pairs of shoes and socks and maybe undies. And, I am sure we will send some things home along the way or have different things sent to us.  But, that is all part of the adventure.  If we knew exactly what was going to happen and what to expect, then it may not be worth all the excitement.

On our way to Katahdin, ME in...

18 days
9 hours
35 minutes

Thanks for reading.

Alex

26 Days!

We have been busy gathering all sorts of food for the trip.  We are packaging all the food into boxes to be shipped ahead to ourselves to receive in different towns along the trail.  It's a very interesting thing to try and plan ahead for all of the food we will need for four months.  We will also be able to resupply in lots of towns along the way but some towns just won't have what we want or need.  So it's going to take a lot of planning to make it all work out; planning that I haven't yet finished.

I told the company I work for that I wanted to go live in the woods for four months.  After the initial "what the hell?" everything seems like it will work out pretty nicely.  There may even be a job for me when I get back.  So that was a big relief.

Ann has her national PA board test scheduled for the day before we leave, June 3!  So, as I type this, she is sitting across the table studying hard.

We are very excited and I plan to do a blog about our gear and our food, since lots of family and friends have been asking about it.  Then we'll be blogging about the actual trip before you know it!

26 days
8 hours
31 minutes

'til we fly to Maine!

Alex