A friend of mine was camping in that area inside an old VW bus. During the
night the bus started to rock back and forth. In the morning the windows
were covered with muddy paw prints from a grizzly. Glad they didn't shake
your tent!
Gregg
From: Ken Norton
> > Subject: [OM] Next Services 67 Miles
> >
> > I ended up camping in a National Forest Campground as far up as
> > I could. My tent was pitched about 20 feet from the Shoshone
> > river and the
> > river sounds put me into a wonderful sleep for nearly 10 hours.
> > There were
> > warning signs everywhere about Grizzly bears so I carefully checked over
> > the soil for any footprints that would evidence bear activity. Failing
to
> > find any I was still careful about any food odors and was
> > probably smelling
> > a bit rich for any self-respecting bear to approach anyway. Regardless,
I
> > find out the next day that there was a bear attack just a little ways
away
> > from me. That poor guy was fishing and the bear must have heard
> > his little
> > annoying bells and smelled the pepperspray.
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