Crowe wrote:
I'm not happy with the increase in cost myself and I do understand the principle of the matter but I do find it a bit amusing that so many RVers complain about an additional $10 when they've already spent a fair amount of money on a rig, camping fees, activities, etc. Alternate routes are often much slower with constant stop and go. The increase in travel time to me just isn't worth it. If using Rt. 20 takes me 3 hours but the Pike only 2 then that's 1 hour extra I can sit and relax. Well worth the $10.
Crowe, while I value your opinion very much I will disagree with this. In the Midwest wages aren't as much as East and West coast. There are a lot of families struggling to make ends meet. They buy a used or basic camper to take their families out. Every dime matters to them. When all the fee's associated with camping go up and wages stay stagnant it puts people in a bind. Toll's have become a way to shift the tax to the people who are already paying for the roads and bridges through fuel tax while they turn around and use the money for other projects that it was not intended.
