Soft Side Truck Campers in Alaska
We are doing preliminary planning for 3rd trip to Alaska summer 2019. Seriously considering buying a Northstar Soft side truck camper and leaving our travel trailer at home. Should we be concerned...
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We camp in bear country (the Sierra) all the time -- no problem except one winter night in Sequoia. We had had reheated bbq ribs for dinner. The bones were in the trash, inside the trailer -- since we were boondocking, there was no dumpster.
Fast asleep. Three AM. Someone starts pounding on the side of the trailer, right next to our heads. Eyes open fast. We start pounding back. The pounding stops, and we went right back to sleep, just a couple of hours later.
Next morning, we see bear paw prints in the snow, all around the trailer. Later that day, we saw Mr. Skinny Juvenile Bear himself, skulking around in the trees, about 50 yards away.
No doubt that it was the smell of the ribs that prompted this "attack." But what to do? I make the most amazing slow smoked ribs -- don't tell me I can't bring them on a camping trip, please!
But this was just a black bear. In grizzly country, we are giving serious thought to tofu. ;)
Fast asleep. Three AM. Someone starts pounding on the side of the trailer, right next to our heads. Eyes open fast. We start pounding back. The pounding stops, and we went right back to sleep, just a couple of hours later.
Next morning, we see bear paw prints in the snow, all around the trailer. Later that day, we saw Mr. Skinny Juvenile Bear himself, skulking around in the trees, about 50 yards away.
No doubt that it was the smell of the ribs that prompted this "attack." But what to do? I make the most amazing slow smoked ribs -- don't tell me I can't bring them on a camping trip, please!
But this was just a black bear. In grizzly country, we are giving serious thought to tofu. ;)
