Originally Posted by hiwayman

My wife loves the hiking part but hates the sleeping on the ground part. We have a Sierra Designs Clip 3CD which is a fairly roomy 2 person tent but kinda cramped for my wife, daughter and me. My wifes idea of a great backpack trip would be one in which we carry minimal gear to a hut and at that point have the nice room with hot showers and meals. To me, the whole point of backpacking is getting away from all or most things we associate with civilization. I love being out in the middle of nowhere with only the coyotes or bigfoot for companions.