My thoughts on the experience:

1) Raccoons > Bears

2) Instant Mac and Cheese still tastes good without milk and butter.

3) Old people not only can hike, but are better at it than a group of seventeen year olds.

4) Some rangers are chill, some aren't.

5) Sociology and Economics texts make for some great fuel.

6) GPS > Woman for directions. But the extra two hours of getting lost in the mountains was nice I guess. Beautiful scenery.