Today is the 4th of July, a national holiday, a day to eat brats and apple pie and watch fire works and to think about George and Martha Washington, and enjoy a day off work. One of the mammals in Schoolscraft State Park was not participating in a typical 4th of July. One of the mammals in this park was thinking about nutrition at all costs.
We have one trash receptacle at this park and it was a mess. There is a cable holding the lid down with a cable (to prevent racoons and bears from taking trash) and it is still attached but trash is everywhere. Either someone left the cable off the trash overnight and a bear got into the garbage or the bear crawled on top of the trash receptacle and bounced on it until the plastic lid bent at the edges, In either scenario a bear got into the trash and made a big mess that I cleaned up. I was unable to get the trash lid back into place but was able to put the trash back in, including a half of a can of diced pineapple. Bears don't like pineapple? I guess this bear didn't like pineapple. I never heard a thing and the trash receptacle was only a 4 minute walk away from my tent.
As a final farewell the bear left a pile of scat as evidence of the crime.
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