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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>><FONT size=3>How long do PO's hold a hiker's
resupply box?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I like that two week figure for another reason. A
lot of these post offices are VERY small.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The kind thing to do is not store you packages there too
long. Warner Springs has hiker's resupplies and bounce boxes floor to
ceiling everywhere, including the bathroom. It makes their lives
difficult.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>What kind of lead time do you normally
give for sending a resupply box?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>10 days</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>>Are there any PO's that seem to
"lose" boxes more frequently than others?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT size=2>I have
helped "find" boxes, but I have never lost one.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I mark my boxes so bright and unique they are
remembered and easily spotted. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is another kind thing to do for PO's and
businesses line the Kennedy Meadows Store (where I helped find 2 or 3 of mine
and a friend's brightly marked boxes last year).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One year I marked my boxes with stickers.
Last year bright pink spray paint.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When the PO asked for my ID to pick up the
package, I had that same sticker or a sample of that pink paint on the back
of my drivers licence to show them. (careful not to cover the magnetic
strip). Quite a few times I've heard "I remember seeing that
box"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Crater Lake Mazama Village had to look 3 times for
my box in 2004. Not uniquely marked, though.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A little off the subject, but not
really.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Snoqualmine Pass</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Address it to yourself c/o the Cheveron Station and
you can pick it up 24/7.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The PO, which is in that station, has limited
hours.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the past packages sent general delivery have
ended up stored at the main North Bend PO 18 miles down the hill from
there.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you write on the package "Hold for PCT Hiker"
you have a better chance of it being there. Still C/O the Chevron is what
I'm doing this year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Warner Springs Monty</FONT></DIV>
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