Fun in Sequoia

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Beautiful pictures. Makes camping look fun.

Did you say bears???

Yeah, there are black bears out there -- you get a whole "bear lecture" when you enter the camp site. Basically, all food has to be in "bear boxes" (theres one or two for each camp site) if you are more than 10 feet away from your food.

You basically use the bear boxes like a pantry for your food/coolers/toiletries/anything that has a scent.

There was a bear trying to get into one of the boxes the first nite, but one of the dogs scared it away.

The second nite there was one guy who forgot he had a fruit in his backpack and woke up to the bear right outside his tent ripping apart his bag! We heard him and his tent mate start banging pots and pans together to scare the bear -- and the bear bolted pretty fast.

Exciting!