Hey.
Do the resupply points along the trail usually requires a lift from the trail and back to it ?
Thank you, Roee.
_Roee Dotan_Resupply points?
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#2
Depends on what you consider a resupply point. If you are just wanting to pick up enough snack/trail food until you reach a town, then you will probably find a country store close to the trail on many roads that cross the trail. No hitching necessary. For bigger resupply points such as towns, then you will probably have to take a long walk down/up a road or hitch. There are however, a few towns that the trail goes directly into. On average, I would say that you will hitch more often than hike into a resupply town.
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#3
I used mail drops on my thru-hike and I hitched to maybe half of the drops. The others were three to four miles off trail which I was willing to hike to. I did find it was generally easy to get a ride back out of town and most times people came up to me to offer the ride. Actually on my entire thru-hike I stuck out a thumb once for a nine mile trip in and all of the other times people pulled over and offered a ride without me asking. By the way, women and couples are good hitch bait but a backpack and looking like a vagrant can get you a ride. I was in a Dairy Queen in Pearisburg, VA and a guy came in to offer me a ride back to the trail off of the pack I had left out front. My pack alone got me a hitch. Hitcher is right in that you come across a good bit of stores a mile or less off trail. They seemed to be more plentiful in New England but maybe that is just when I wanted them the most.
_Two Scoops_
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#4
The resupply points can be right along the trail, or can be several miles off the trail. Sometimes, like Hot Springs and Damascus, the trail goes right down Main Steet. Other times, like in Maine, the trail crossings are several miles out of town. For specifics, get the ALDHA Companion or Wingfoot's handbook
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