Send Us A Care Package

Some of you have expressed interest in sending us care packages. This is fabulous and we greatly appreciate it! Unfortunately surprises don’t work on the trail. We have to ask for all of our packages, and if we don’t know you sent something, we can’t ask for it.

If you want to send us a package, please get in touch with us. Our plans will be ever changing, and we can let you know if we are craving something special.

The following are some recommendations to ensure we get what you send:

• Please ship packages via Priority Mail or FedEx (see resupply list). Everything else will get lost or returned to sender.

• Please contact Laurie or Andy and we will let you know what location (and mailing option) is best.
• Please address all boxes to Laurie Kramer and Andy Dischekenyan - that way either of us can pick up the package. 

Some more tips:

1. Food is best.

During our hike, our lives will revolve around food. We will be devouring everything in sight. Sending delicious food is probably the best way to show us your love. 

Laurie is gluten free and Andy reads the labels in everything he buys and prefers few ingredients and only things he can pronounce.  Healthy, delicious food options will be limited in small towns and small grocery stories so anything that fits in the categories below would be wonderful.

Dehydrated food:

• Outdoor Herbivore dinners, Gluten Free Organic Mac N Cheese

Candy (this is Laurie’s weakness):

• Swedish Fish, fruity Mike and Ikes, Starburst, Sour Jelly Bellies, Starburst Jelly Beans, salt water     taffy, fruit flavored Tootsie Rolls, peach rings, sour gummy worms, banana Laffy Taffy, Skittles)

Ginger Chews (Ginger People brand - available at Trader Joes) and crystallized ginger candy.

 Cookies: Homemade is best, but anything will make us smile (gf ginger snaps, peanut butter, chocolate chip)

Bars: our preference may change on the trail but as for now:

• Probars (any kind)
• Meat Bars & Jerky (Grass Fed and Gluten Free):
• EPIC bars, Tanka Bars, Chomps Snack Sticks, Nicks Sticks
• Thunderbird bars
• Lara bars
• Go Raw bars - all except spirulina
• Lydia’s bars

Fruit - non perishable is best, dried fruit works too

Cliff Shot Bloks: CranRazz, Mountain Berry, Margarita, and Orange flavors

Honey Stingers: any flavor

Baked goods: brownies, muffins…anything with sugar and butter :)

2. Town Fund

If you want to send us something but not sure what (or don't want to deal with the logistics of shipping us something), donate to our Town Fund! This will go towards lodging, showers, laundry and food (mainly rotisserie chickens, bags of salad and coconut popsicles.) 

Click here to donate via paypal. 

3. Don’t send us items that are bulky and/or heavy unless they can be eaten immediately

Non-food ideas (don’t forget we have to carry everything you send):

• If you live on or near the trail and would be willing to house us for a night (and maybe a few of our stinky friends) please let us know. A shower will be worth a thousand candy bars

•  Personal letters, inspirational quotes, pictures/drawings or words of encouragement feed our soul.

•  Socks: we will be going through a LOT! Just like our food preferences will change, so will our    sock preferences - this is an awesome present and will be a real treat but please check in with us to see if we want any type in particular.

•  Music/audio books - Laurie has the Amazon Kindle app on her phone and would appreciate Top 40 hits and light fiction to keep her entertained on the trail.

4. Don’t send us non-sealed/homemade food if we don’t know you personally

5. When in doubt, send only non-perishable items

Oftentimes, the items that you are sending will sit in a hot post office for a week or more. Items that spoil or melt easily are not good candidates to include in care packages.

What You Should NOT Send 

Anything heavy

Anything perishable as some of the boxes may be sitting for a while