anyone know if Febreeze gets out the cooking smells
or do bears love Febreeze?
Cory
84 Westy
N. Bridgton, ME
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed DeBolt" <eddebolt@NETZERO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: bears and westys

> I was watching a learning channel show about survival and a ranger in
> montana or canada told a story about a westy owner who had left a small
> morsel of cheese under his seat and a grisly bear completely totalled the
> van looking for it. that would be an unpleasant surprise.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: bears and westys
>
>
> >I've never had problems while camping in my bus in bear country.  Just be
> >sure to keep the food in a bear locker when possible.   Hanging? No way.
> >I've seen full sized black bears climb 30' up, 15' out and chew through a
> >fat rope, and eventually destroy my food.  In most national parks they
say
> >not to hang your food either.  I'm careful to keep the food in a box or
> >quickly removable container so i can slip them into the food locker.
Also
> >watch out for things like your chapstick and candy wrappers.  When a
> >locker is not available, just be wise. Don't wash your dishes anywhere
> >near your rig, throw out all trash, and keep all coolers covered. THey
> >know what coolers look like. You may want to invest in bear spray
> >(hot peper spray)- but bear spray is ILLEGAL in Canada. Silly canadians.
> >
> >knock on wood... but i've NEVER seen a VW bus (old or new) get broken
into
> >by a bear (and i lived for two summers in yosemite valley).
> >
> >Cheers!
> >m
> >
> >Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
> >Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
> >University of Idaho
> >www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
> >
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Bill Kasper wrote:
> >
> >> on 7/18/01 1:40 PM, Emmet McGovern at webmaster@beachin.net wrote:
> >>
> >> > Dont store anything food related in your van.  Wash all your dishes
> away
> >> > from your site. Haul your food and garbage up in a tree with a rope
at
> night
> >> > away from your site.  Ive been camping in the grand tetons where
bears
> where
> >> > breaking into backcounry campers cars in the middle of the night for
> food
> >> > stored in a tighly lidded cooler.  Good luck
> >>
> >>
> >> so, rather than have any food in the cupboards, put it in a plastic tub
> with
> >> a lid, tape it shut, and hang it?
> >>
> >> what about any grime on the stove?  do they come after that?  do we
have
> to
> >> keep martha stewart clean while travelling in bear country?
> >>
> >> thanks emmet.
> >>
> >> bill
> >> '87 syncro westfalia
> >> http://www.scruznet.com/~kasper/pics/westy/
> >>
> >
>