[pct-l] Where to put your bear can

[Kathi]

Hi List!
Hope everyone is out enjoying this fantastic weather... but I hope 
someone is left to help answer my question. :)

When I store my food I usually place my bear can away from my tent and 
don't think about it too much. I am going to a very popular area and my 
permit says it is required to stay in the designated camping areas... so 
no stealth camping (which is what I usually do). Maybe I am not having 
much faith in human-kind but I have been in these popular areas before 
where LOTS of people from all walks of life are and I've overheard 
people waking to find that not a bear, but a person has stolen some of 
their food. I didn't worry about it myself that trip because it was the 
last day and at worst I would lose my snacks. This time it is the 
beginning of my trip and I don't want to lose my weeks worth of food. I 
definitely don't want to sleep with my bear can in my tent but am 
concerned about setting it out away from my tent that a person may see 
my tasty Snickers and decide to help themselves. Any experience? Am I 
being a human-kind-phobic weeny?

Thanks!
Kathi