Countdown

One final shave, one final home-cooked meal, one final sleep in a real bed, one final beer....

In twelve and a half hours starts the adventure of a lifetime; five months worth of stories, trials, and memories that are sure to be remembered for years to come.

For those of you wishing to follow us, this blog or our facebook page is the way to go. Tyler will be posting to Twitter when possible, follow him here.

Sunday, 5:00am: Step off on a 2650 mile trek to Canada. GO!!

Care Packages

So I've been asked by a handful of people if I'll be doing care packages again this year.  If you do have some spare cash to spread around, I would generally prefer that you make a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project through our website.  However, I do appreciate that some people love and enjoy the personal touch that comes with care packages.  Here's a list of post-Southern California locations we can accept care packages at, along with a time range you should mail your package in.  Listed below is also a rough list of the sorts of things we'd love to receive and can make the most use of.  You do not have to send everything on here and you are more than welcome to send additional items if you wish, this is only a list of recommendations.

Be sure to include one of our names on the address, e.g.  John Rivera or Tyler Blauvelt c/o...

Also, be sure to send either myself or Tyler an email of the location you'd like to claim so we can hop on here when we get a chance and cross it out to help avoid receiving multiple care packages at the same locations.

Thank you for your interest!

What to send:

Emergen-C packets

Gatorade packets
Gel ink pens

Red Vines

Snickers

Pay Days

Toilet Paper

Freezer Bags (1 gallon)

Dried Fruit (whatever has the most vitamin c, dried papaya is amazing)

Dr. Scholls insoles

Clif Bars

Power Bars

AAA Batteries

“miscellaneous” bottled beverages

Package Locations and Dates

1) Kennedy Meadows: 11-18 May

c/o Kennedy Meadows General Store

96740 Beach Meadow Road

Inyokern, CA 93527

2) Bishop: 18-25 May

c/o Emily Casabian

1411 Bear Creek Dr

Bishop, CA 93514-1947

3) Mammoth Lakes: 28 May – 04 June

c/o Steve Murphy

808 Canyon Blvd

Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546

4) Tuolumne Meadows: 31 May – 07 June

c/o General Delivery

Tuolumne Meadows, CA 95389

5) Truckee: 11-18 June

c/o Bill & Molly Person

PMB 154

11448 Deerfield Dr.

Truckee, CA 96161

6) Sierra City: 13-20 June

c/o General Delivery

Sierra City, CA 96125

7) Old Station: 22-29 June

c/o General Delivery

Old Station, CA 96071

8) Dunsmuir: 29 June – 06 July

c/o General Delivery

Dunsmuir, CA 96025

9) Etna: 04-11 July

c/o General Delivery

Etna, CA 96027

10) Seiad Valley: 07-13 July

c/o General Delivery

Seiad Valley, CA 96086

11) Crater Lake: 24-31 July (UPS only)

c/o Mazama Village Store

700 Mazama Village Drive

Crater Lake, OR 97604

12) Cascade Locks: 08-15 August

c/o General Delivery

Cascade Locks, OR 97014

13) White Pass: 15-22 August

c/o White Pass Rural Branch PO

at the Kracker Barrel Store

48851 US Highway 12

Naches, WA 98937

14) Skykomish: 22-29 August

c/o General Delivery

Skykomish, WA 98288

15) Stehekin: 26-30 August

c/o General Delivery

Stehekin, WA 98852

Thank You!

This will just be a short post, considering its already 11:30 and I'm still messing with meal plans, trying to sell my bed on craigslist, and checking and double-checking my gear.

I really just wanted to say thanks to our first several donors. You are fantastic! You inspire us! Your initial donations have opened my eyes to the potential of how much we might be able to raise in the next six months. With more people like you supporting us along the way, this adventure will surely be a great thing for the Wounded Warrior Project and all the people it assists.

Only a few more weeks to go before we set foot on the PCT in Southern California with our eyes on Canada.   Woohoo!

Until next post....
-Tyler (trail name pending)