Pop-up TCs and Bear Boxes, etc
So as I've been making reservations for our trip to the Pacific Northwest, one of the sites includes a Bear Box to keep food in. I understand that is a MANDATORY USE if you're a tenter; probably a sm...
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Testudo wrote:
Using the bear box might make a bear more interested in the smug hardsided camper owner's rig than in yours. Better the door torn off his camper than off yours.
And I'm ALL for that idea, too ;-)
Funny story regarding bear "potential":
My first tent-camping trip with my kayaking group. As everyone starts heading off to their tents, my best friend starts reminding me to not have food in my tent; and I'm saying yup, yup, yup... About 10 minutes later, he says from his tent: "Don't have anything around like flavored Chap-Stick, either" to which I replied "crud". Yes, I had cherry lipbalm in my tent.... but before I could do anything about getting rid of it, I hear my friend say "What the heck????? Oh Sugar-pops!" (it was a lot more graphic than that) - he had brushed against a roasting fork covered with melted marshmallow and now had sticky goo on his pants. I burst out laughing, and thanked him for drawing the bears to HIS tent, because surely his offered tastier stuff than my tent did ;-)
