Bears!!! Yosemite, Can I wake this thread up?
Question to those who have been to Yosemite and surounding area with their RV of whatever sort, do you empty all the contents that a bear might smell into one of the "bear boxes" provided to prevent a...
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Some of these answers refer to Yosemite and others to Yellowstone. We have camped at both - Yosemite many times. The ranger at Yellowstone told us that their bears "had not yet learned those Yosemite tricks."
In Yosemite we are very careful to keep all food out of sight, blinds down and windows/vents closed if we are away from the hard sided RV. No trash, garbage or recyclables are left in the rig. I clean the kitchen area carefully before we leave home, and then do all the cooking outside. Bears not only have an amazing sense of smell, but Yosemite bears have also learned visual clues, like storage boxes, coolers, and grocery bags.
Yes, bears do break into hard sided RVs, but only when a smell or sight trigger is obvious (the example we were given was that someone left a box of food on the counter next to the window.)
When we tent camped, absolutely everything (including toiletries and citronella candles) went into the bear box. Same when we moved to a tent trailer.
We have had many exciting bear encounters, but over the years, the encounters now tend to be more natural and less often in the campground. Bears have to be destroyed when they become aggressive about people food. Keep your stuff in the bear box and save a bear's life!
Happy Camping!
In Yosemite we are very careful to keep all food out of sight, blinds down and windows/vents closed if we are away from the hard sided RV. No trash, garbage or recyclables are left in the rig. I clean the kitchen area carefully before we leave home, and then do all the cooking outside. Bears not only have an amazing sense of smell, but Yosemite bears have also learned visual clues, like storage boxes, coolers, and grocery bags.
Yes, bears do break into hard sided RVs, but only when a smell or sight trigger is obvious (the example we were given was that someone left a box of food on the counter next to the window.)
When we tent camped, absolutely everything (including toiletries and citronella candles) went into the bear box. Same when we moved to a tent trailer.
We have had many exciting bear encounters, but over the years, the encounters now tend to be more natural and less often in the campground. Bears have to be destroyed when they become aggressive about people food. Keep your stuff in the bear box and save a bear's life!
Happy Camping!
