Resupply is an interesting topic. A lot of the advice I've come across seems to indicate that the preferrable strategy is to primarily fill up at grocery stores in towns along the way, for two reasons: schedule flexibility, and changes in food appetite.
You can skip a town here or there if you are still well supplied, since you don't have make a scheduled package pick-up. If you decide you are absolutely tired of instant oatmeal, you don't have to dread the fact that you've already shipped a million packets of it in your future boxes!
For that reason, I'm going to restock via a small combination of mailed boxes and resupply in town stores. I've prepared 3 boxes to have sent to me, which I can contact my resupply guru (thanks mom!) To add any additional gear I need. For towns that may not have large enough stores, I can plan ahead and even ship myself a package from the town just before!
Check out the map. I'll start with enough food for a week. That should get me to mile 109.5, Warner springs, if I cover at least 15 miles a day. That's where im sending package no. 1.
Then I hit the grocery at the next town at mile 179, Idyllwild, which is also supposed to be a super hiker friendly town. That'll get me to Big Bear at mi 266, etc ect..
Fun part was buying all the resupply food. Criteria for hiking nutrition: lots of calories!
Bomb's away, I'll let you know how it goes.
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