Road trip tent camping anyone?

Treblig said

"There are many bears in this area, they are always hungry and always looking for an easy meal. Bears have a very acute sense of smell and we recommend that you have no food, or drinks, or snacks or even chap sticks in your room so as not attract any bears. Anything that has any type of scent will attract bears."

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So I have spent the last 40 years working on National Scenic Trails (think Appalachian Trail or Pacific Crest Trail). Our crews pack in bear proof coolers and food storage containers (google it). When backpacking it is common practice to stop early and cook dinner, and then go on down the trail for a good bit before camping, leaving the food smells behind. The smell thing goes for anything smelly sweet - the shampoo and soap you use, your toothpaste. I even use non-scented laundry detergent and no fabric softener on my backpacking and trail work clothes.

In Shenandoah National Park in the 80s I saw the result of thinking that putting it all in the trunk was safe when we returned to my buddy's Rambler to find big scratches around the trunk lid. The early 60s Valiant next to us had the usual rust behind the rear wheel where the bear tried to get access by ripping the rust hole bigger!