Originally Posted by
staehpj1
I have had a couple small items go missing when on tour. They were items that were in plain sight and easily just picked up and carried off in someone's hands. I should not have left them out in plain sight.
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+1. I have previously told the story of how two local kids (with a car) in DuBois, WY tried to steal my stove by hopping over the post rail fence that separated the campground's tent area from a road that led to a residential area. Never should have left the stove out. Cannot even remember why I had unpacked it. It wasn't dinner time. It's possible that I had used it to heat water to wash one of my pots. The night before I had camped at a primitive site without water. Fortunately, I saw the kids from my position outside the laundry room and was able to frighten them off.