To be worried about camping in America?

[3lionsonapoacher]

In August we're doing a road trip from San Francisco to Utah. Idea was we'd get hotels along the way but it's taking out expensive.
DH said he'd love to camp somebody of it and I agreed it sounded lovely, sleeping under the stars, next to lakes etc and we do a lot of camping in England so I agreed.

However after looking into it, all the areas we're going to a frequented by bears!! And I'm shitting myself that we'll end up in a situation. It just doesn't seem worth the risk to me.

AIBU to insist we just stick to hotels for this reason?

I feel hugely qualified to answer this ( in a definitely outing way...). I camped in the sequoia national park in California and had to scare a bear away. It’s still one of my best memories!
They are there, they are dangerous, but camp in proper sites and follow all the advice and you’ll be fine.
Sorry, haven’t RTFT so you may have decided(quite reasonably) to go with motels booked as you go. I thoroughly dislike camping - that’s what would put me off, not the bears!