Love hate relationships

Things we love:
dirty girls gaiters
Hiking poles (they act as extra legs)
Luci solar inflatable tent lamp (great for tent parties)
Pink crocs (amazing as camp shoes)
Snow peak mini collapsible stove (giga light) (fits in a dental floss container)
Ian's sleeping bag (ultra light quilt)
Brooks cascadia trail runners (everyone should hike the PCT in these...no exceptions)
Mid afternoon naps (necessary to recharge for the next 13mi segment)
Hot cocoa (Ian's Swiss miss dark chocolate)
Emergen-C (vitamin c powder)
Electrolyte fizzy tablets (nuun brand)
Gummy bears (anytime)
Vitamin I (ibuprofen)
Beautiful sunsets and sunrises (esp devils peak)
Tent parties (for group bonding)
Our tents in general
Panoramic pictures (helps to truly capture oregons beauty)
Elastikon tape (for blisters)
Sawyer mini water filter (we envy Ian's)
Dressing like twins
Laughing until Jean pees her pants
Sleep socks
Fleece lined leggings
Resupply boxes (it's almost like Christmas)
Amazon prime (our lifeline)
REI (all the countless hours spent there plus our guru Charles)
All the nice Oregonians who have gone out of their way to do kind things when we most needed it (trail magic)


Things we hate:
filtering water in general (time consuming)
Constricting mummy sleeping bags
Crinkly expensive noisy thermarest pads (not enough adjectives to express our dislike)
Deet (ate through jeans shorts and Ian's arms)
Socks that are too big
Shoes that are too small
Hiking boots in general (Connor will never wear another pair ever again including the 5 pairs she now owns)
Hiking pole tans on your hands (so attractive)
Sunburns
The days between showers and laundry (including minimal teeth brushing and no hair brushing)
Mosquitos
Mosquitos
Mosquitos
Mosquito bites on your butt
Mosquitos
Most dehydrated meals (have to force feed ourselves)
No AT&T service anywhere in Oregon (we envy anyone with version and get laughed when we say we have AT&T)
Rice dinners 30 nights in a row (esp when one hates rice to begin with-Connor)