I haven't heard about it being that dark but my friend we're going there with has told me we'll have to make sure we have nothing left out, including the grill or it will get destroyed by the bears. I'm hoping that cleaning the grill and putting it in the bed of my truck and closing the hard tonneau cover will be enough to make them go elsewhere. I wouldn't be happy if I woke up to a truck all scratched up and a destroyed tonneau cover from their claws. ACZL, Thanks for the offer of where to get firewood in bulk but we have that covered. My friend lives next door to a tree service guy so he gets all the firewood he can use and then some. Since my friend lives within 50 miles of where we're camping, he can transport it without an issue.