A few people have asked me how we plan to get food along the way. In a nutshell we buy enough food for a trail section, divide and package it in several boxes and then mail them to ourselves from Portland. In Ashland we'll buy for our 8 day run up to Crater Lake. When we get to a trail town or resort we can pick up our boxes at the local post office or at the resort. We also plan to eat locally as much as we can. They call that hiker hungry and it's something to really look forward to when a town or resort is coming up along the trail. Part of the charm of hiking the PCT is visiting these little hamlets and mixing with the locals during our brief jaunts off trail. In Oregon there aren't any towns actually on the trail so we will be hitchhiking as needed.
Basically when we get to an appropriate crossing highway or road we hitch a ride into the closest town to either pickup our food box or resupply at the local food supermarket. We then have to hitch a ride out of town back up to the trail head. The lake resorts in the Cascades are usually within a 5 mile walk off trail to get to them. I'm hoping as we go that we'll use them to eat a little, take a shower and do laundry if they have the facilities.
The towns we plan to visit off trail are Ashland and either Sisters or Bend, depending on our schedule.
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