Mail Drops

Ok. Along the trail I'm going to be stopping by in some towns to resupply and pick up my mail drops. Several of you have expressed a desire to mail things to me along the way which is more than O.K. and much appreciated! To send me stuff along the way that I can pick up in town all you have to do is address the package a special way. 

Colby Summers

c/o General Delivery 

City/State/ZIP

Please hold for Thru-hiker

Estimated time of arrival

This just lets the post office know to hang on to the package till I arrive so I can claim it. Now for the towns I plan to stop in and the estimated times of arrival:

1. Monson, Maine 04464

    ETA July, 26

2. Stratton, Maine 04982

    ETA July, 30

3. Gorham, NH 03581

   ETA August, 4

4. Hanover, NH 03755

    ETA August, 11

5. Manchester Center, VT 05255

    ETA August, 16

6. Sheffield, MA 01257

    ETA August, 22

7. Peekskill, NY 10566

    ETA August, 27

8. Wind Gap, PA 18091

    ETA September, 3

9. Pine Grove, PA 17963

   ETA September, 7

10. Cascade, MD 21719

      ETA September, 14

11. Linden, VA 22642

      ETA September, 18

12. Waynesboro, VA 22980

     ETA September, 24

13. Troutville, VA 24175

      ETA October, 1

14. Pearisberg, VA 24134

      ETA October, 6

15. Damascus, VA 24236

     ETA October, 13

16. Erwin, TN 37650

      ETA October, 19

17. Fontana Dam, NC 28733

      ETA October, 27

18. Helen, GA 30545

      ETA November, 1

This is a lot of mail drops and assumes no rest days and 20 miles a day of hiking. This will obviously change as I will most likely some days do fewer miles and some days do more and may spend a day in a location if I like the place so I will try to update this with accurate info as I go along. Either way though I will be behind this schedule if anything and so the package will still get there before me. No one has to send anything but anything you do send will be appreciated and will be an added bonus! Using the assumptions above I will walk off the trail on November 4, 2011 in Springer Mountain Georgia. Can't WAIT!!! Thanks in advance to all of you who will be a part of the "trail magic"!