Food handling in National Parks
New to RVing and planning a trip to some National Parks. I find all kinds of warnings about food storage and how you can be fined if not stored properly. What I can't find are the requirements so I ...
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Rules will be different for each campground, in each park. Something not useful to worry about ahead of time.
If you are in a Class C motorhome, it is unlikely that food storage rules will require you to move foods to a locker. I know of no places where bears have learned to recognize motorhomes as food storage containers, except maybe the ice road to the North Slope, where polar bears rip open even semi-trailers in search of food.
There are definitely places where bears have learned to recognize cars, vans, SUVs as food sources, particularly where coolers are inside in plain sight. When they do learn about RVs, things will get interesting, because a laminated RV wall would be not much more effort than a cardboard box to a bear.
If you are in a Class C motorhome, it is unlikely that food storage rules will require you to move foods to a locker. I know of no places where bears have learned to recognize motorhomes as food storage containers, except maybe the ice road to the North Slope, where polar bears rip open even semi-trailers in search of food.
There are definitely places where bears have learned to recognize cars, vans, SUVs as food sources, particularly where coolers are inside in plain sight. When they do learn about RVs, things will get interesting, because a laminated RV wall would be not much more effort than a cardboard box to a bear.
