This has been a point of contention between Chick and me forever so we decided to let the board make the decision.
On our canoe trips I have always placed my freeze dried meals in zip locked plastic bags in the barrel. I double bag everything (toothpaste, sunscreen, etc) and always have. I point out that in all of my (our) years in the back-country I (we) have never had an issue with a bear in camp. Plus, those bags come in handy for trash and what not.
She feels, how should I put it, that I'm an idiot.
So, for all the marbles, do I continue my practice or embrace her seemingly cavalier attitude towards getting us both killed and saving $4 bucks?
Full disclosure - on a Scout trip in '72 or '3 we did have a bear in camp but I didn't know her yet.
On our canoe trips I have always placed my freeze dried meals in zip locked plastic bags in the barrel. I double bag everything (toothpaste, sunscreen, etc) and always have. I point out that in all of my (our) years in the back-country I (we) have never had an issue with a bear in camp. Plus, those bags come in handy for trash and what not.
She feels, how should I put it, that I'm an idiot.
So, for all the marbles, do I continue my practice or embrace her seemingly cavalier attitude towards getting us both killed and saving $4 bucks?
Full disclosure - on a Scout trip in '72 or '3 we did have a bear in camp but I didn't know her yet.