Busskipper wrote:
National Parks and the Lack of Adequate # of Camp Sites.
Sort of says it all - Now I have "No Dog in this fight" or "Horse in this Race"
BUT I sure would like to be able to get into YNP on a whim with my Granddaughters! And because they are Girls they require more WATER and ELECTRICITY, so it sure would be nice if the parks would make this Possible.
I personally have no issue - having Been there and Done that - and can do it again (With the present system) - but for the life of me I have a hard time understanding how a NP Service can let an area larger than the State of Rhode Island Burn, but has no ability to create a few more acres of CG's?
So I've opened the door to a very SENSITIVE ISSUE - let's stay civil and see if we can have a discussion that proposes Solutions to this issue. Private or Public - In the Park or out of the Park - Solutions not Sermons.
Let the Games Begin.
Interesting group of Post’s, Remember – Solutions not Sermons
OK – let me explain MY logic for the question – If the parks had been meant to be off limits to the “people” then there would be NO Roads, NO campgrounds, No concessions, No Hotels, No way to see and Love these Beautiful areas.
The parks would be fenced off and the “People” would be locked out? The Parks would be “Saved” – from US.
BUT – they are not locked up……………………….. They have all these facilities and at one time, not that long ago, that were adequate to handle the crowds. Trust me I can Remember those Days, the days when my Dad would just get in the Car (granted he was military and it was not really a vacation – it was a relocation) and we would just drive across this country and would just be able to not only SEE the parks but get a Room in the Parks, Without a reservation. And Yes I’ve taken My Kids to these Great Parks and just driven up and been able to do the same in both the RV and in the Hotels and Motels within the parks, so what “was” and what “is” seems to be the issue to ME.
So, IMHO, it’s just not FAIR to many Americans to not be able to see and Enjoy these Wild and Beautiful areas without having to make a commitment Months in advance – maybe Years in advance. (Which might be the reason so many reserved campsites are left EMPTY)
So How can we both “Protect” the Parks and Share the Parks in a Fair and Balanced way?
Two of the Voices, on this Forum that, IMHO, are the most respected “4runnerguy” and “2gypsies” have raised what I would call the “Politically Correct” answers, so this may be hard for them to Understand, how I can take a position on the other side of this issue, but, I just think we need to make this/these resources available to the People Today like it was Available to Us Yesterday.
So is there a Way?
Can the Parks be Saved and Shared?
Can our Kids, and most importantly their Kids, be allowed to SEE and USE the Parks as we have been able to see and use?
Is there a viable solution to “Over Loving” this Resource?
Let’s see if we can propose solutions that might work to allow “All” of us to use these Parks, that is the question I propose.
So let me try to rephrase the question – How can we make it possible for 300,000,000 American’s to have the Same Access to the National Park System as we had just 40 years ago, when there were just 218,000,000 of us?
