Places to Mail drop instead of resupplying town?

[max patch]

Mail drops are very convenient, everything you need, one box, one stop

Disagree. I used mail drops and won't next time around. You still have to go to the store for bread, cheese, butter, and other perishable items.

[swjohnsey]

I seldom carried any perishable items.

[ever4ward]

Mail drops are very convenient, everything you need, one box, one stop. Also there are things that are often hard to get in small/convenience stores. Sometimes you need to buy large quanities, soap and TP come to mind.

Thanks for this post SW! So many posts and blogs discourage mail drops. We are happy vegans and my wife eats gluten free. We have hiked several short sections of the AT and food options for us are very limited and we love good food. I am almost finished packing up our mail drop boxes and I think we will be very happy with the variety and enjoyability of our rations. Only 2 drops are off the trail more than 2 miles meaning we should be able to get to our drop and still hike 10-15 miles of trail. Love this forum and the good advise found on it!