Camping Swanking - June 28 - July 3

[Alex]

You realize that now everybody will spend the entire weekend brushing you and saying things like "that was the most legs I've ever seen on a leaf!" and "I didn't know fuzzle has pincers!"

[blueerica]

Oh man, I need to spread some mojo around before giving any more to Capt Jack

[Not Afraid]

I'm going to be really disappointed if we don't see any bears.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I'm going to be really disappointed if we don't see any bears.

LOL I never am. When we go to Yosemite they always say there are bear sightings but I never do. I look out in the meadows during our morning drives and nothing.

I know I am being unrealistic, all of these years and never a sighting or a report of injury....

{moles are really scary! Gophers, too!! Big teeth!!}

[BDBopper]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I'm going to be really disappointed if we don't see any bears.

You could always play nice and be friendly with the bears. Maybe choreograph "In The Bag" andh ave them clean up the campsite.

Yeah like that's going to happen. LOL

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by BDBopper

Maybe choreograph "In The Bag" andh ave them clean up the campsite.

Best reference ever!

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I'm going to be really disappointed if we don't see any bears.

We'll just have to have lots and lots of sex to attract them

[Capt Jack]

when my brothers and I were kids, my dad would take us camping a lot. one year (in the Sequoias no less. I do believe it was even in the Dorst campground) our camp was raided by bears. they very expertly opened each and every cooler, ate near the entire contents (leaving us with nothing more than pancake mix and a few mint candies)

my dad aparrently discovered them during the raid and shined a flashlight on them. this alone made the pair run off.

the bears are undoubtedly smart enough to know when the jig is up, but I for one will not be sleeping outdoors. the image of being sniffed/sampled in my sleep is enough to make me want that scant few mm of protection the tent will afford.

trust me, the mole we discovered under the tent and the deer that chased my brother and I were by far more frightening.

[Not Afraid]

My Bro and SIL live just outside Yosemite. A neighbor of theirs came home to find the side (kitchen) door of her house open. She positioned her car so that her headlight were shinning into the kitchen door. There was a bear in her kitchen, standing on its hind legs with the freezer door open, a tub of ice cream in its arm, scooping ice cream into its mouth.

My worst wildlife experiences have been with rodents.

[Alex]

I've never had a bad wildlife experience, they're all cool. And that includes the time we realized we were in a small lava tube belonging to a cougar, climbing a big rock and finding out that the whole thing was essentially a giant anthill, a bald eagle eating my hosts' cat, and waking up to rattlesnakes in places they shouldn't be.

The worst thing that could happen is you die. And I've never heard any dead people complain so I just assume it isn't that bad. Sure, some people complain about the dying part, but they're just whiners.