Fun in Sequoia

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I look forward to one day climbing out of my tent and finding a bear in the middle of camp. I hope it doesn't kill me, but the risk is worth it.

It's seriously a cool experience.

I've also personally experienced a small pack of coyotes (4 or 5 of 'em) in my camp when I awoke in the middle of the night to walk to the bathroom. I still walked alone, passing just within feet of them. They looked quite scared of me, and were just beautiful animals.

I was more concerned about the family of raccoons that invaded our bowl of guacamole later that evening though, thus spoiling our chance at leftovers. Looks like they enjoyed it too. Greedy little buggers. And, I could swear I heard them laughing at us. (All though, that was probably just their regular "chittering" sounds.)

Animals love me for some reason - I'm like a magnet for 'em. I've hand-fed many squirrels in the forest, and have even had a feral cat come sit on my lap and purr. That last one put my fellow campers in awe, because they all tried coaxing him with various food items that he ignored and even ran away from.

I've also had a ground squirrel climb into my tent overnight.

I only intentionally feed squirrels though, usually with raw nuts and/or berries that would be native to the area I'm camping in.