RFTP 3 E "Lexus Bear"

'A couple and their child came up to Yosemite in their one-day-old Lexus. Mom and Dad up front, the child in the back. The kid was a little fussy on the road, up the hill, so Mom gave him some raisins to eat and to keep him quiet. They took their "Bear Aware" pamphlets at the gate and threw them on the front dash, as did everyone else in the line to get in the park that day.

"We are staying at the Ahwahnee Hotel, a five-star hotel. The bears won't bother us", said the husband to his wife.

They arrived on a beautiful day. There were several climbers on El Capitan and they stopped to watch these daring men and women, along with several hundred other tourists along North Side Drive. Jr. was becoming upset and threw his raisins around the back seat. They drove on to the hotel. Yosemite Falls was booming that day. A double rainbow shown in the sun.

"Ah, to camp in the mountains. This is the life!", exclaimed the wife.

They drove on to the south side of the valley, next to the hotel were a porter in green carried their belongings to the front gate and a vallet in burgandy went to park their car.

"Is there any food left in the car?", the vallet asked the husband. "No, the car is brand new, we didn't eat anything on the way up," said the man.

The couple ate in the fabulous Ahwahnee Restaurant. With it's high ceiling and log rafters.

"You know that they hold the Bracebridge Dinner here every Christmas. I am sitting where the lord would sit!", exclamed the husband.

They then retired to their room after a wonderful day in the park.


Then, the bears came out to search for food. A black bear can smell a ripe apple at close to ten miles. This particular mother bear and her cubs, smelled raisins. They found a car with this smell coming from inside. The mother showed her cubs how to lean on the glass on the driver's side and tapped the glass with her claws. The glass shattered and the smell of raisins wafted out of the car.

In the morning, The young couple found that the drivers side window was broken in and that all of the foam from the seats was gone. As was the interior carpet. All that remained of the inside of their car was bare metal and the frames of their seats, plus the dash. All this was done without setting off the alarm and because of Jr. and his raisins.'

This was one of the funniest things that I saw in Yosemite, relating to a bear. The couple's brand new (two days off of the lot) Lexus was stripped. And insurance doesn't cover bear damage.