What are the pitfalls of camping in a Hybrid?
Versus camping in an enclosed TT? I just want to know what I'm getting myself into before we decide what to purchase. We are leaning heavily toward the hybrid as of now because I like the idea of st...
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rwbradley wrote:
The bear issue has crossed my mind a lot...
The way I look at it, I have seen far too many photos and heard too many stories of hard side trailers opened up like a tuna can by a hungry bear. However...
1) I do not camp much in early spring or late fall when they typically are most aggressive/hungry
2) a hard side will not stop a hungry bear
3) I do not camp in Grizzly territory, black bears are far less aggressive (except in spring/fall or if they are a juvenile male establishing new territory)
4) if there is no currently active bears in the area, we pack all dried goods in huge (airtight and hopefully odor tight) ziplocks, take garbage away immediately, clean dishes immediately and clean with vinegar to keep odor down and of course never cook bacon inside the trailer :)
5) If bears are active, stored in the car or bear boxes.
6) bear spray hung beside the fire extinguisher just in case...
Yup! I would take all these precautions no matter what I was camping in.
I've had more than one encounter with bears while camping in the Sierras, and the truth is that they all turned tail and ran as soon as they realized a human was there. A bear in the wild that doesn't interact with humans (other than one hunting it) isn't nearly as concerning as the ones in NPs that see humans as pantries. And even in places like Yellowstone where Grizzly bears are prevalent and used to humans, the odds of one attacking a human is about 1 in 3 million! (but I still won't camp in Yellowstone! lol!)
