Car camping, suburbia's lame excuse for being outdoors that doesn't involve a well manicured field. Like any outdoor excursion, it's a venue packed with idiots. The better experienced campers have a few rules, one of which is never ignored.
NEVER LEAVE A COOLER IN PLAIN SIGHT IN YOUR CAR OVERNIGHT.
A co worker of mine told a story of inexperienced urbanites who thought it impossible that bears could get into their car. Their response? "They can't pull the handle. Even if they could, it's locked, see?" as they pull the handle to the unresponsive door.
A bear thoroughly destroyed their car. Ripped the door off to get inside, and shredded the interior while it traipsed through the once pristine status symbol they so cherished (and probably under insured).
Last night, someone broke into a car in the hotel lot. Hotel employees noticed that she had a lot of loot in the front of her car, and suggested she bring it inside. She did, but like a complete moron, she brought it back to the car and left it there. So this morning, she panics her way back into the lobby. Losses include her purse, GPS, cell phone, and who knows what else. Icing on the cake is that this woman wants the hotel to reimburse her for it all.
Nobody blames the bear, but it takes a special kind of stupid to blame the park for having them.
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