Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Remembering an unbearable camping misadventure

If you’ve lived in California long enough and ever go outdoors, there’s a good chance that somewhere along the way, you’ve encountered a bear. I don’t mean Samson, the celebrity hot tub bear from Monrovia who ended up in the Orange County Zoo. I mean a real live wild bear who lives, duh, in the wild.
I saw my first bear in Yosemite as a child, when he wandered into our campground lavatory, looked around for snacks and then wandered back out, apparently deciding I didn&rsq