Give bears lots of room. You will never outrun one.

Speed varies, but a friend of mine - a helicoptor pilot who is with the
US Coast Guard in Kodiak. AK, clocked a bear running down the beach at
55 mph.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Joseph Fortino wrote:

>feed him a flair treat with ice cream. if a bear comes up and tried to enter i'm going T2 on him
>thats if he's does'nt get me first.. hehe
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
>Sent: Jul 26, 2005 1:59 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Black Bears vs Westy Canvas?
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>Invite both and have them park about 100 feet to opposite sides of you.
>Nothing like good observation posts for detecting uninvited guests.
>jimt
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>On 7/26/05 2:10 PM, "Michael Elliott" <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>On 7/26/2005 12:41 PM Stan Wilder wrote:
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>>>We normally just slide our tray full of goodies and sweets under Mike
>>>Miller's van a night and if he's not around Larry Chase Syncro is used as
>>>the diversion van.
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>>Okay, I guess I need to ask Mike or Larry to stay in a site nearby.
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>>Thanks for the tip!
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>>Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>Carlsbad, CA
>>KG6RCR
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