Originally Posted by
alan s
Hoping for tailwinds. Chose W to E routing based on that. Definitely will stay off the main roads as much as possible.
Do you think hanging anything with a food smell on a clothesline will keep the raccoons at bay? Would be no less than 4 feet off the ground. I’ve had them scratching around my tent before. Never any damage, but these critters sound a bit more resourceful.
My family still picks on me about that night and it was several years ago. I did finally get off to sleep by doing just that, packed everything back up on the bike at 3 am and putting the soft-sided cooler on a string around 4 feet high. After that, they had left muddy pawprints all over my mounted bike luggage and even on the saddle.
Some friends of mine had full-sized steaks stolen while camping in a travel trailer there. They were tending the grill and turned around to find the steaks missing.