WoodGlue wrote:
MrWizard wrote:
very nice gesture ... heat can be brutal
X2 on this!
This is something like I would do myself. Glad I didn't mention it or I'd have been the one getting hammered instead of the poor OP!
WoodGlue
x3
I did have a bear help himself to my ice chest a couple of times. Carried it away from the camp, knocked the lid off and ate the bacon. This was when we had a pop-up and there had never been any reports or problems with bears in the area. We had camped at this campground for years and I always left the ice chest just outside the door of the camper. Didn't ever do that again ... until the following .... ;)
Another time, he simply opened the lid and ate all the nectarines. Left one on the ground that apparently he didn't think was ripe enough. Left all the plums and lettuce, but the next night he came back and ate all the plums. Still have that ice chest with his claw marks in the lid. :B
And before I get jumped for leaving an ice chest outside .... :R I know about bears and being safe. I'd rather him take the plums and nectarines than try to get inside my rig. I had one rip the screen off an open window of my TT and climb in the window. Again, he ate plums and pulled open the only cupboard door with the snacks. Took a large bag of animal crackers (I am NOT kidding!) and left through the same window. Left claw marks on the cupboard door where he ripped it open - and sticky paw prints all over the counter top and table. Our neighbors saw him. He scattered animal cracker throughout the camp and wandered off into the woods with the bag hanging from his mouth. We later found the empty bag behind our site - and his prints beside it. This incident happened in broad open daylight with people around. We had gone down to the creek fishing.
My apologies to the OP - didn't mean to hi-jack your thread.
