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out of his tent, very upset. He told me he left his ice chest outside of his tent, last night. This morning the ice chest was gone!
A lady in charged of one of the groups, came over and said "The Breakfast Bear" ate their breakfast! I said, "Come Again?"
They had put up all their ice chests, like the park rules instructed, in their horse trailers, except the big one. They had forgotten about it.

That ice chest, had everyone's food in it, for a huge breakfast get together.
They found the ice chest, torn up. Most of the food was gone. But for some reason, "The Breakfast Bear" left the uncut melons, and threw the bread all over the campground.
The campers all hung their heads, when I started to lecture them about storage of food. They said they all knew and understood the rules, just forgot the last big cooler.
It was dark and late when they were done at the campfire. The drinks were next to the campfire and they remember to put those away.
The other guy, that left his ice chest outside his tent, gave no excuse!
Their punishment was "No Breakfast!" The closest place open on Sunday, was a good 50 or more miles away, and 8 of those miles, took a good 45 minutes or more. And That Is One Way!
But they did not leave. They rode their horses and just sucked up the hunger. They rode most of the day, and about 4 or 5 pm, they decided to call it a weekend and head home, with a story!

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