Of course. Common sense prevails at all times. I live in the middle of bear
country where city folk can be fined if they put their garbage out the day
before pickup. I'm talking about "civilized" camping. But you are absolutely
right to hand out this caution to those who are not as experienced with
bears. I once watched a bear peel open an old Coleman metal cooler like a
sardine can. It was pretty impressive.
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: <mcneely4@cox.net>
To: "courtney hook" <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Local travel while camping

> ---- courtney hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>> Exactly what I do too. So easy, and a no brainer. ;-)
>
> except in bear country, where the tent with its coolers and pots becomes
> an attractant.  Some NP and  NF campsites in bear country have storage
> safes (community, not individual campsites).  mcneely
>
>> Courtney
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ian Clark" <ipclark@ROGERS.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 5:49:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: Local travel while camping
>>
>> When I arrive at a campsite, the first thing I do is set up a small tent.
>> Then I set up the camper. Everything goes into the tent, coolers, bedding
>> cookers, everything. When we want to go into town or exploring we just
>> unpop the top and away we go.
>
> --
> David McNeely