Off to the woods

marc

I am headed to a spot North of Lake Tahoe for a three day weekend. Last week a bear visited our site and tore up a trash can and a cooler. So if you don't hear from me on Monday, send the Mounties!x:-)

Parabeagle001

Need any help, marc? I could use a reason not to go into the office tomorrow. x:-)

System

Take your laptop. Crawl back to the tent and log on. We'll be there for you.

safety

Sam, the laptop will help him for moral support, well, from most of us, but what he really needs is a BFG for personal protection. I never go camping without one and we do not have bears in Kansas!

Don D

BFG? Is that code for a Big Gun? A BFW might also work.

safety

Yes!

System

Don. Safety. Hate to tell you a plan like that won't help protecte you from bears. Your plan is NFG.

safety

Sam, come on, I don't know about the BFW but in my world if you have a big enough BFG no problem. And believe me I have a big enough BFG, so, NFP.

rad

I was camping in New Hampshire's White Mountains a few years ago and a black bear came into our camp site while we were all getting drunk around the camp fire. That was scary :-S .

HRinNH

Yep, our bears are pretty fussy about southerners coming into their woods. /:)

Don D

This probably won't be believed, but it's gospel. I was in Yellowstone in 69 and anybody who's been there knows the bears will eat out of your hand. I was feeding a bear cookies and ran out of cookies. I wanted one of my friends to take a snapshot, so I stood there and placed my hand on top of the bear's head, as if to pat it. She clamped down on my hand pretty hard. She could have bit off my whole hand I'm sure, but all it did was barely break the skin. I could have outrun Jesse Owens and Smarty Jones both at that moment.

rad

We heard the bear in our site before we saw it and when we flashed the spotlight on him, I saw that he was holding a bag of Tostitos in his hand. I could clearly see the front of the bag. I wish I had a camera ready, I could have sold the photo to the chip company! $$$

Parabeagle

So, rad's a southerner, HRinNH?? My geography must be really lousy. I thought Mass. was right up there around all you northern types?

Leslie

It's going to be 111 degrees today - bear or no bear I envy him the spot in the woods!

Parabeagle

That's the beauty of Oregon. Moderate climate. You should be here, Leslie. Only supposed to be 80-83 today, sunny, no humidity, light breeze. x;-)

Leslie

That sounds suspiciously like an invitation Beags. What'cha doin' this weekend? x;-)

And by the way, everyone needs to check out Baloonman's old "Bike to Work" thread. He tried to sneak a picture of himself right by us at the bottom of it!

marc

Great trip. No repeat of the bear, but we did have a deer run through the site using deer leaps and deer bounds. What a rush.

No BFG at the site but I was well prepared with a Yogi Bear picanic type basket to only use in emergencies.