BLM considering restrictions on dispersed camping in Utah
BLM considering restrictions on dispersed camping on fragile lands in Utah
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This is very sad news, but restrictions on boondocking are becoming more and more common. There are some bad apples that have spoiled everything for all of us. The same thing is true of ATVs -- the vast majority of ATV users are law-abiding, but a few fools tear up the landscape and all ATVers suffer as roads and trails are closed off. (I am not an ATVer, but I can see that they are in a parallel situation to boondockers.)
The other problem is sheer demographics and an oddity of medical science. When we boondock, we notice that so many of our fellow dockers are aging Baby Boomers, just like we are. We are all retiring, and there are a lot of us. We all have some (but not a lot) of disposable income -- so instead of traveling to foreign countries, we are seeing the USA.
Worse yet, unlike all previous generations of retirees, we are healthier and more energetic. (Hurrah for medicine!) So instead of sitting at home and watching TV, we are all on the road and doing active sports. Cluttering up the landscape. As they say, I have seen the enemy and they is us!!
Ouch.
The other problem is sheer demographics and an oddity of medical science. When we boondock, we notice that so many of our fellow dockers are aging Baby Boomers, just like we are. We are all retiring, and there are a lot of us. We all have some (but not a lot) of disposable income -- so instead of traveling to foreign countries, we are seeing the USA.
Worse yet, unlike all previous generations of retirees, we are healthier and more energetic. (Hurrah for medicine!) So instead of sitting at home and watching TV, we are all on the road and doing active sports. Cluttering up the landscape. As they say, I have seen the enemy and they is us!!
Ouch.
