Re: [Philmont]: We're back!

On Aug 22, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Donald S. Roberts wrote:

>> From: tholland@san.rr.com
>> I don't know if this has been addressed before, but can a
>> crew bring their own food?
>
> Yes, there is nothing stopping you. Lots of crews bring "extras" to
> help
> make the food more palatable.

You can bring all of your own food. I did for my trek last year, I ate
none of the Phil Phood. While I was there, a Jewish troop was sorting
out their food for the entire crew, so they could eat Kosher. Just
follow the directions for special diets.

>
>> Will that reduce your fees?
>
> Yeah, right.

No - not in the least. In our case, we divvied up the extra food among
the crew, and left the extra stuff in the swap boxes.

>
> In any case, you can't really bring 10 days of food, that would be a
> bit
> much. So you're going to have to take some of the Phil food.

No, you can completely swap your own food, and not take theirs. They
will mark it and have it at your food drops. I also put in a few
extras - some Jiffy pop and extra batteries that I didn't want to carry
all ten days.

> The other
> problem is some staffed camps put restrictions on their swap boxes,
> requiring you to take something out if you put something in, and you
> may end
> up having to carry stuff you won't consume.

We did itinerary #2 last year, and I never encountered that. I wonder
if that's new, or just a staff member "law?" That's too bad though, it
kind of defeats the purpose of the boxes....

Lou

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Received on Tue Aug 23 00:43:43 2005