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> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> On Behalf Of mdrillock
> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 9:27 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Replacing copper propane lines
>
> My wife and I cook complete meals inside all the time. No problem with
> lingering odors. I don't know why people think otherwise. Some foods
> need more ventilation during cooking than others but that is what
> windows and doors are for.

I have to chime in here.  I'm guessing you spent 40 days and nights in
country where there are no bears.

I spend a lot of time in the eastern Sierra and there's no way I would cook
bacon (and eggs) in the van.  It's kind of like cigarette smoke:  it's in
your hair, your clothing, the curtains, the upholstery....  YOU may not
smell it, but I guarantee that if you're in bear country--that is, bear
country in which the bears have been habituated to human food--you will have
an uninvited guest who can and will do major damage to your van.

I make it a point to make only coffee or to boil water in the van;
everything else gets cooked outside.

There's just no way I would cook inside the van in Yosemite, for example,
where EVERY night you have bears nosing around looking for the good smells,
like bacon.

Bob Trousdale
'90 Westy