Date:         Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:10:57 -0700
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From:         mdrillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Replacing copper propane lines
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No, you guessed wrong. We visited 14 US National Parks, 3 Canadian
National Parks, various State, County, and Provincial Parks. Plenty of
Bear exposure and sometimes oppressive food storage and handling
regulations due to active bear issues.

No problems with any bears.

Mark


Trooz wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Subject: Re: Replacing copper propane lines
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>> My wife and I cook complete meals inside all the time. No problem with
>> lingering odors. I don't know why people think otherwise. Some foods
>> need more ventilation during cooking than others but that is what
>> windows and doors are for.
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> I have to chime in here.  I'm guessing you spent 40 days and nights in
> country where there are no bears.
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> I spend a lot of time in the eastern Sierra and there's no way I would cook
> bacon (and eggs) in the van.  It's kind of like cigarette smoke:  it's in
> your hair, your clothing, the curtains, the upholstery....  YOU may not
> smell it, but I guarantee that if you're in bear country--that is, bear
> country in which the bears have been habituated to human food--you will have
> an uninvited guest who can and will do major damage to your van.
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> I make it a point to make only coffee or to boil water in the van;
> everything else gets cooked outside.
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> There's just no way I would cook inside the van in Yosemite, for example,
> where EVERY night you have bears nosing around looking for the good smells,
> like bacon.
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> Bob Trousdale
> '90 Westy
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