Oh Bears

For an outdoorsy girl like myself, it is important to find a mate that will remain uninhibited when it comes to the wilderness. (hey, they could be a good opening line for a book...anyway!) John will do just about anything I want in that regard. And we seem to not want to do a lot of the same things. Or, he doesn't regret the fact that we can't do some hard core rock climbing because of my knee. But, we've entered into a problem because of our upcoming trip to Colorado.

John's afraid of bears.

Now, I am also not a fan of running into a bear in the woods or having one around my camp. It's just not good. But I think I'm a pretty safe camper and I don't really hike many places with bears. Sure, we could run into them in CO, but we'll be in mostly populated areas so the risks are minimal. Though around the cabin we could have some issues.

So I'm been trying to come up with ways to reassure my dear boyfriend. He is very happy to have bear pepper spray! And I've been told to carry around dryer sheets as bears don't like the smell. But is there really anything else you can do? Aside from the cautions with foods, trash, smells, etc. I don't think so.

So pepper spray it is. And hopefully we don't run into any bears.