Monday, June 13, 2011

Crunch week!

Alright so super prep time has begun! We both have most of the clothes we need for the trip, aside from a couple of pairs of pants and rain gear. My pack has been ordered and I'm very excited to get it :). Miister already has a pack, an older one his dad had, so as soon as mine gets here we should be able to start some packing. The sleeping bag we got is sooooo nice! It's a double, so it fits both of us and is quite comfortable. We also got our sleeping pads to go in the sleeping bag at EMS because the guy who "helped" us at REI was well not so much helpful to say the least... Fortunately the price difference of the pads was only a couple of dollars. In case you were wondering EMS, (or as we like to call it: Expensive Mountain Sh*t), is generally twice as pricey as REI and they both have the same products. Still dehydrating foods; we have so far angel food cake for some desserts, lots of bananas (my favorite, which dehydrate very well and taste way better than banana chips you can buy at the grocery store), a 5lb bag of onions, 10lbs of ground beef, tuna fish, canned chicken, mixed vegetables, yogurt roll ups, and apple sauce roll ups, some shrimp and tartar sauce. We bought all of the breakfasts we'll need, all from Bob's Red Mill. Most of our food shopping has been done at Cost Co. because you can get everything in bulk. The Fivefinger shoes a re working out great, but we will be getting at least a second pair of hiking shoes. Actually we'll probably each go though a couple of pairs of shoes each from all that walking ;-). Oh and we got what is quite possibly the best tent  ever!!! It's a three person tent so it fits the two of us quite comfortably. Tonight we'll be sleeping in it to give it a test run before we leave. Update you all again soon, Cheers!
~Porcupine

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