Ha! I remember one night about 12 miles in. I'm sleeping soundly and my wife wakes me up:

"Wake up. I think I hear a bear over there..."

I listen for a minute and reassure her. She promptly goes back to sleep.

I spend the rest of the night listening for bears over by our bear can...
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