Like someone else mentioned, bears (at least the black bears common in
the sierras) generally won't bother an occupied tent/vehicle in search
of food.  We recently took our westy and stayed at the Tuolumne Meadows
campground (Yosemite).  The brochure we were given added the following:

"Hard sided recreational vehicles may store food inside, provided it is
not visible or odoriferous from the outside and all doors and windows
are closed when unattended."

Jeff Hosea wrote:

> Here's a decent website with pretty good information on proper food
> storage
> in bear country.  And if anyone thinks bears can not really open up a car
> like a tin can, you better think again!
>
> http://www.nps.gov/yose/bears/
>
> Adios
> Jeff
>
> At 11:42 PM 8/17/2004 -0700, alan sinclair wrote:
>
>> In places that have bears, warning signs say not to keep any food in
>> the car, with photos of vehicles which have been "can-opened" by
>> bears.
>>
>> How do list members handle this problem?  How do we keep bears out of
>> our '81 westie bedroom?  It wouldn't be fun to wake to a burgling
>> bear, nor to have a door pulled off.
>>
>> thanks for any advice
>> Alan
>> (off to the Sierras in a day or two, and hoping to keep food on-board)
>
>
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