Allow me to tell a little story which is somewhat related to this thread.
My wife and I just did a 2 week vacation around the Pacific Northwest. For 3 days of that trip we were in Yellowstone National Park. When you camp there you have to hear a lecture about bear safety and then sign a form saying you have received the bear safety lecture. Believe me, you want to pay attention.
We were specifically told not to do things like brush our teeth and spit the toothpaste in the fire pit. Don't wash dishes in your camp. There is a separate room in the bathroom building for dish washing. Do not leave any food item or any dish regardless if it's clean or not outside or in a tent. All cooking utensils (clean or not) must be stored inside a car or motor home.
This is not just for the camper's safety, but for the bear's safety. If a bear ever gets food from a campsite they have to kill the bear because now it associates campsites with food. It can smell the food, but it can never be allowed to find the food.
The campers across the road from us put their dishes in a plastic bin and left it out on their table. When we came back from our hike the next day there was a big pink warning notice stapled to their picnic table.
That night they were pretty drunk and pretty loud. I know the rangers received some noise complaints about them. The following morning we noticed that they left their dishes on the table and just covered it with a blue tarp. The rangers saw this, woke them up, got them out of their tent, wrote them a ticket with a hefty fine and escorted them out of the park.
It always amazes me how some people go into the wilderness to act like idiots. They heard the same lecture we did and they even got a written warning. But they still endangered the rest of the campers and the bear. I'm glad the rangers took such quick action.
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Originally Posted by Bradley
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