Campground Bans Tents After A Bear's Visit

Above, a mother bear and her cub in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

As far as I know, my campsites never received a visit by a bear while I was camping in a tent or in an RV. 

I have camped in bear country a few times. One can tell by the signs and having a bear-proof food storage locker at the campsite. 

Above, the bear-proof food storage locker at my campsite in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

However, recently some kids sleeping in a tent in a Colorado campground received a midnight visit by a black bear. Nobody was hurt and the kids took the incident in stride.  

RV Travel posted an article on the incident.

They begin it with:

When a black bear poked its nose—and claws—into a tent where two kids were sleeping at Difficult Campground near Aspen, Colorado, the U.S. Forest Service decided that “difficult” was a little too “on the nose.” The result: an emergency ban on tents and other soft-sided shelters at the site, effective immediately.

To read more, go here.