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Hi..just finished your base video. I’m the host of The Trail Head Lodge (326.5NB on FarOut). I’d be honored to offer an opportunity to slack the 75 miles between Allen Gap and Erwin, Tn ..as I’m sure you know this section is a ‘recovering area’ from Helene ..my lodge is perfectly situated to support the whole family. It will be a platinum section but it you will most likely be here near the end of March and the weather can provide conditions are rough for the best to ‘suffer well’. The Lodge contact info is on the FarOut Mile marker page along with reviews. Hope you’ll consider ‘sheltering’ with The Trail Head Lodge. Doug sends

Hi..just finished your base video. I’m the host of The Trail Head Lodge (326.5NB on FarOut). I’d be honored to offer an opportunity to slack the 75 miles between Allen Gap and Erwin, Tn ..as I’m sure you know this section is a ‘recovering area’ from Helene ..my lodge is perfectly situated to support the whole family. It will be a platinum section but it you will most likely be here near the end of March and the weather can provide conditions are rough for the best to ‘suffer well’. The Lodge contact info is on the FarOut Mile marker page along with reviews. Hope you’ll consider ‘sheltering’ with The Trail Head Lodge. Doug sends

Great video! May I suggest looking into adding bone broth for more protein and calories? I recently found Bare Bones and love them!

Thank you for watching! What a great suggestion on the corn. We’ll give that a try next as we prep meals and snacks. Hard to believe it’s approaching so quickly. We appreciate you following along!

One food that is really tasty, and a nice healthy treat is Freeze dried sweet corn kernels. Not only is this a great addition to the meals, but they are these tasty treats to eat, sort of a healthy corn nut style of crunch (except more fresh than crunchy). dehydrated just isn't the same for a standalone snack

Thank You for sharing your strength with all of us Beautiful Lady, Beautiful Soul

Ever try any carriage brand backpacks out there? Years ago we started out with rei picks and quickly realized there were many other companies out there with better options. Especially for the kids :) My son, chainsaw cow, just recently Lulu upgraded to the ULA Circuit from a Deuter and we cannot be happier with it. My daughter, Hiccup, still loves her Waymark, but often finds herself looking at other brands too :) We are loving following along and cannot wait to see how you all anticipate on keeping warm out there on trail during the colder season ahead of you all :)

Still a big fan of those granite gear packs. Mine has done well, and it has been many years. i'm not saying that I forgot, but momentarily I didn't realize that I have a new ultralight pack on order, It will be a nice surprise when it comes in.

Hey there Six, Have you all seen the "GearSkeptic" videos about backpacking food? I am looking forward to the video, but this youtuber is a big recommendation for me each and every time that I start to discuss trail food. My diet use to be much different, before I watched him. it's not that i suggest people have to eat what he suggests, BUT I do think that it raises some really neat viewpoints to think about while hiking. For me, the electrolytes was a really big difference.

Looking forward to following your adventure

Nice video!

Nice video. Did you stay some place near the park with your family?

Nice video. Do you have a max weight for each child? I have heard that for kids perhaps total pack weight (including food and water) should be under 15% of their body weight? At 71 I try to keep my total pack weight under 20 to 25% of my body weight. My 11yo granddaughter wants to go out with me so trying to insure I keep her weight reasonable. Shoes will be a big thing for you.

I noticed your ground sheet appears to stick out beyond the tarp. Keep in mind to keep your ground cloth under the tent so rain water is not routed to under the tent floor.

Regarding food - you should check out dehydrating food and stock it up. Keep in mind using protein powder to supplement your diet as well as multivitamins. Electrolytes (especially in hot weather) is something else to keep in mind. You probably have this all covered but just thought I would put it out there.

Nice video. May God watch over you and bless you on your journey.

I think it is great what you are doing as a family. Happy to follow along.

Looks like you are putting dehydrated food in vacuum sealed bags. Is that this only way to store them until shipping to yourself? And If you do vaccuum seal is that all you have to do while the food is waiting to be shipped to you or should you also keep them in freezer until ready to ship?

Awesome place. Very cool trail.

Hey, I'm looking forward watching some the family's adventures on the AT. I wanted to mention on the rei flash 55's, there are some small loops on the 4 verticl seams. You can customize your ribbon straps or straps you may have in the area you prefer. I have the rei flash 55 also, and really like how I can customize it.

Wow--such thrilling scenery!

Fun fun hike. Good job

In my opinion prep'n those freeze dried packs is well worth the time and effort. Love the citrus to drop in your water bottle idea.

I look forward to your adventures. See you soon

Very impressive. Great prior planning.

I came across this in my feed after watching your video and it made me think of you guys. I am so excited for you and the kids. ua-cam.com/video/e7n3qRvGB7s/v-deo.htmlsi=NVrQR9HvPUOfFiMP

I've dehydrated a few individual items and one of my favorites is unsweetened applesauce and making my own "roll-ups"... after mentioning doing grapefruit/oranges to put in your water, I'm thinking of trying lemons/limes... looking forward to your hike! Happy Trails! 🥾🎒⛺️🌲🐻💜

I do like the fact that you are doing both, doing your own food and than also resulting in town and helping them out with rebuilding and supporting them also!

Good idea with such a big group.

This is great information. Thank you!

I make my own meals as well, and have had fun trying out various things. Many of my 'one pot' meals, I dehydrate all the individual items, then combine the items before bagging and sealing. I find this actually makes the meal reconstruct a bit better than if everything is put together first, then dehydrated. For instance, I make lasagna - dehydrate the sauce/diced peppers/chopped onions/spices/herbs all together, dehydrate the shredded moz cheese, dehydrate the ricotta cheese, dehydrate the cooked ground beef, dehydrate the cooked ground sweet Italian sausage, dehydrate the cooked lasagna noodles that have been cut into about 1" wide pieces. Then I combine everything into one-serving bags and seal them up. One caveat, since the meat is the one thing I am most worried about in regards to dehydrating for longer term shelf stable storage, I usually seal the meat up separately, then put that small bag containing the meat into the bag with all the other ingredients, before sealing that up. That way if I find the meat doesn't smell quite right, the rest of the meal is still fine and perfectly safe to eat. I've never had dehydrated meat go rancid, but I play it safe so I still have something to eat on trail if it does. I know it's a pain, but as I said, I found it rehydrates better, less of a mushed mess of stuff. 😆 I've also found that taking the time to cooked, then dehydrate any type of pasta works great - it's basically already cooked so rehydrating it doesn't require cooking to get it to al dente. So many different pasta/stew dishes can be made - one of my favorites is a Moroccan stew. I've never thought of the citrus for water bottles though - I'll have to try that out! I also make a lot of more custom size bags, since I just need food for one. It's easy to cut a large roll of vacuum seal bags into whatever size you want, sealing all but one side before putting in the food to vacuum seal. Those things aren't cheap, so I try to get every bit out of them that I can. Since I'm not long distance hiking, I bring home the used bags, and one that was used for the meal is still big enough for the meat for another use. Once the bag has been used for meat, what is left is usually big enough for a couple tablespoons of peanut butter, or Nutella. Even those can be washed and finally used for a few pills or vitamins. I always try to be as frugal as possible! LOL

Thanks so much! We are also trying put dehydrating for our LASH starting in May! Happy Trails!

I have been watching your videos and i have something to say. Well done! You have a beautiful family, but more importantly you have kind well mannered children. It is not easy in this day and age to raise such a great bunch of kids. It takes a lot of work to do it right, and you did it right. Can’t wait to watch your adventures.❤

What a great idea . Im sure they will taste good. No matter how good they taste a big fat greasy cheeseburger and fries will look like a meal fit for a king. Im excited to see what your trail names are going to be.Peace Love and freeze dried meals

One suggestion is to add more protein than you would for normal life meals. Long distance backpacking over works muscle tissue and can cause cell damage (one of the reasons that you’re sore the next day). Protein helps repair those cells plus provide energy to the cells. We dried ground beef, thin slices of chicken and steak. Dried TVP (vegetable protein) was inexpensive, available at our health food store, doesn’t weigh much and has no flavor so it was easy to add to anything. We also dried lots of veggies. I’d add a cup of protein and veggies to a qt. water bottle, fill with water and carry it for the day then added it to a noodle or rice dinner. Easy peasy and tasted great. Your system looks great! I died my food in a homemade food dryer or the stove. Boy, technology sure has advanced! Looking forward to following y’all’s hike. Stay warm!

Great way to make meals that everyone likes. Looking forward to following.

Great idea for a LD hike! Thanks for posting.

I suggest you check out the "Kevin Outdoors" UA-cam channel for some great dehydrated recipes/cooking techniques - his content is outstanding. He does a hybrid between separate ingredients and all-in-one meals. His cookbook, "Backcountry Eats" is one of the 2 best backpacking-oriented dehydrating cookbooks I've ever read (and I own most of them). It's on Amazon in both print and Kindle formats. I'm food planning for 4 month bikepacking trip right now and his recipes are my go-to.

Great job preparing. I’ve always thought this would be the way to go. Prepackaged are so expensive & don’t taste that good. Plus, all the future landfill waste of the packaging. If you’d like s good fresh home cooked meal once in awhile most hostels will fit a small fee will let you shower & eat w/ no stay or stay in property in your own sleep system.

Learning how to hydrate now. So far only blueberries and strawberries and I have mangos on my list of things to do today. Will graduate to "meals" next week. We have the exact same dehydrator. Praying for your sweet family. :)

You may have covered this already but If you have I missed it. Are your kids homeschooled, unschooled, or traditional school and what are your plans for schooling during the AT?

How did you choose your dehydrator? I like the size of yours

Here in Eur I can buy bags of pre-dried aubergine (egg plant), bell pepper, tomato. Mainly from Turkey. Quite salty, takes a while to rehydrate and cook. The aubergines have their soft interior cut out before drying, which leaves a quite substantial, not too mushy vegetable. In the bags that I bought online the individual pieces are strung om a string. Might be interesting for you too (if you still have the time to search and order).

I'm excited to follow your families adventure 👣

Very true, much cheaper, more delicious making your own meals, and you can control what you’re eating. I’m planning on using Mylar bags so I can pour the hot water right into it, just like the store backpacking meals have.

Awesome job. Looking forward to seeing the adventure.

Great family I’m definitely going to follow you

I think it’s wonderful that you are doing this with your kids!!!

This is awesome! Best of luck on the trail. I will follow your adventure. New follower here. Crow

I’m so excited to watch you and your families journey!!! I pray God blesses your journey, gives you all strong bones and muscles, and good heal!!