Bug Out Bag vs Get Home Bag

Over moderate terrain you can look to get about three miles an hour with a fully loaded pack. Cut that down to between a mile and a half and two miles per hour over rough terrain. Then factor in breaks. Yeah even when you're hopped up, with thirty five miles to go, you are gonna wanna stop for a while. Remember if things are bad enough there is a high probability of needing to fight either along the way, or once you get home. If you beat feet the entire way home and are spent when you get there, you're pretty much worthless if something bad happens.

Edited to add.

Packing a well thought out bag is all well and good. But never carrying it until you have to is a very bad idea. Once you get your pack made take a weekend and see just how realistic it is for you to hump it thirty five miles. I recommended this to a friend of mine, and when he finally tried it he realized that packing a shotgun and two hundred shells was a very bad idea. He'd always figured that a shotgun was exactly what he wanted in a SHTF scenario. He changed his mind and bought a rifle, and also modified what he carried in his GHB.

Its a hard row to hoe.

I spent a good bit of time up in northern NC, VA and into WV (and spent a lot of time in PA). That terrain can be rough to travel. But move a few miles to the right or left and you can find foothills. Ive been to places where it can take an hour to go ten miles by car. So it is going to depend on where you are.

A handheld radio is always a great thing to have. Nowadays you can pick up some with ranges in the double digits for a few hundred bucks. You have one, and one at home so if your significant other gets there first they can walk you in, keep you informed with what is going on and where. Then there is the simple fact that hearing your lover's voice can drive you far further than anything else. It really is amazing what the body can endure.

People always stress food when talking about their bags. Yes, food is important. But heavy. I would rather be light on food and high on ammo and spirit. But for the unprepared food can break your spirit. Everyone here has heard the laws of threes (which may change depending on your situation). Three minutes without air. Three hours without shelter. Three days without water. Three weeks without food.

You can hump along without food for three days, especially if you know that there will be food when you get there. Only you can accurately judge the threats in your area. Only you can truly know yourself. Can you continue on mentally while tired and hungry for three days? The mind will quit long before the body. So. Do you pack three days of food or three days of ammo? Can you save weight for things like medical supplies, batteries for your comm, ammo, or fire starting utensils by sacrificing nutritious foods with things that will trick your belly like broth?

Only you can answer these questions. But you can only answer these questions if you put yourself in these situations. Like I said. It's a hard row to hoe.