Thanks Emma! It was a ton of work, but I think its one of those things where the journey is just as fun as the destination.
I wanted to throw in my nutrition/hydration/resupply logistics as well so folks could get ideas for training their guts for their own bikepacking adventures. Overall this strategy worked really well for me and I wouldn’t change a thing.
Nutrition/Hydration/Resupply Strategy
Considering the nutrition options on the Tour Divide, I did not plan on having any specific carb mix drinks or sports bars or gels. While I used these for my shorter rides and trainer rides, I generally fueled my outdoor training rides with gas station food as this is what I would be using for the event and I wanted to be comfortable fueling off of what a minimart has to offer. I opted to go stoveless for this ride, as on my previous training trips I went stoveless and learned what worked for me for daily meals on the go, without needing to cook. My setup looked something like this:
My two 1 Liter stem mounted feedbags held sugary snacks on the right and salty/savories on the left. Some examples of common snacks were the right side consisting of sweet tart straws, paydays (because they don’t melt), nerds clusters, cookies, brownies, peanut butter M & M’s, etc, and on the left side I had beef jerky, cheese sticks, pickle flavored cashews, chex mix, peanut butter filled pretzels etc. I know that I can pretty much fuel one entire day (excluding breakfast and dinner) off of 1 of these feedbags, so if they were both completely full I had enough calories and macros to hold me for two days without a top off. As an aside: I learned to avoid sour gummies or roughly textured foods, you eat so much so often your tongue and throat get rubbed raw if you eat too many sour patch kids day after day.
ALL of my trash went into my hydration vest, either in the under-arm pockets or the main zipper pouch. This made it easy to pack my trash away while riding, and really easy to empty at gas stations. Have a trash storage location and stick to it so you can keep track of what food you actually have left, and so you don’t accidentally carry an empty can of red bull for 2,000 miles.
My frame bag and aero pack would hold chocolate milks and gas station burritos/burgers/hotdogs/sandwiches/pizza whatever for lunches, dinners, and breakfasts. Generally I found I could store something like a gas station burrito wrapped in my puffy coat in my aeropack to keep it cool enough during the day that I could eat it for dinner and not worry about it spoiling, same with the chocolate milk which i would save for an afternoon ‘snack’ or reward for finishing a big climb or section. Pro tip: At night I wanted to be in bed and asleep within 30 minutes of stopping so to make dinner go down faster, I would eat my burrito/sandwich and drink chocolate milk simultaneously to help soften the usually very doughy nature of the bread. It sounds gross now, but trust me on the day it was immaculate.
At each gas station resupply I would show up with a plan in place so I didn’t get decision fatigue and could be as efficient as possible. I often took notes on my phone while riding as I neared a resupply so I could remember all of the things I wanted to get done while off the bike. On top of my regular resupply foods, I often would drink a gatorade, a milky coffee (or redbull), and eat whatever hot food the gas station might have while I sat outside for a few minutes to give my body a break from riding. If I was feeling the need for fruits I would get the kids squeeze tubes of applesauce and stuff them in my vest, and if I wanted veggies I would get a pop-top can of progresso chicken noodle soup and slam it back, the salty noodles, chicken, carrots etc made me feel like I was ‘eating healthy’ for a least a few minutes 
Then I would fill one of my 1 Liter bottles with water, the other 1 Liter bottle with gatorade, and my 2 Liter bladder with water. Generally I carried 4 liters whenever I filled up as this let me go longer between water topoffs in the wild and I’m a big dude so I drink a lot of water while riding. I had an additional 4 Liter hydrapak bladder with a befree squeeze filter attached, so my total carrying capacity was about 2 gallons. I never actually carried that much, but I also never made it to New Mexico. I carried Nuun tabs with me and used them frequently as I like the fizzy, and I wanted to stay on top of replacing electrolytes. I managed to make 2 tubes worth last until Pinedale, where I bought more at the outfitters there. I only used them if I ran out of my gatorade bottle between resupplies and had to use wild water.
Overall I ate and drank to desire. I’ve noticed in the past that if I set eat and drink alarms they make me feel sick because I end up eating too much, and my natural inclination to eat and drink works really well for me in these kinds of events and during really big days. Also on the divide I noticed my mouth, tongue, and throat got really tired of eating so eating larger portions with longer stretches in between gave my palate a break.
Below are some examples of my resupplies on the divide and during training:
