Every single thing that I carried was highly useful, except one fun item, which was a slingshot that I got at walmart (wrist rocket).

Tent, sleeping bag, backpack, stove, water filter, etc.

We resupplied by hitchhiking to grocery stores (or sometimes walking by them, the trail goes directly though a number of towns). Because it was Covid, I always tried to thumb down pickup trucks, so that we could stay in the bed, and I found that they picked us up more (probably for the same reason)

There is an opportunity to purchase food at least about once a week. We would get as many cheap calories as we could (candy, peanut butter, pepperoni, etc). I could do a whole presentation on trail foods.

No foraging except for spring onions as a garnish for fun