"Old fashioned State Parks?
RVing last summer throughout Mich. and this winter throughout the Gulf Coast area then Tx,. NM, Az and MO. we had a chance to stay in a lot of state parks which we generally prefer. I'm really noticin...
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I am glad that the state park systems have not changed their campgrounds to appeal to non-campers in large RV's who insist on having every conceivable creature comfort wherever they go.
The parks services could cut down trees and pave more land and run in new power lines and provide a place for large RV's to park and their owners to watch satellite TV from their lounge chairs inside. If they did this though they would destroy the area for campers and they would need to triple the fees to pay for the cost of adding and maintaining these services.
At state campgrounds in Utah, CA, MT, AZ, NV we pay less than $15 a night on average and often less than $8 a night. At RV parks we pay $35 to $75 a night and we are basically in a parking lot situation that may or may not have grass and may or may not have clean showers and restrooms - read the reviews on many of these places.
We have become a country that is owned by billionaires who are taxed at lower rates than fast food workers and so federal and state budgets for parks and campgrounds for the 99% are being deprived of the necessary funding to maintain them. Most state park employees qualify for food stamps at their income level and now we have retirees manning many federal campgrounds in return for a free space for their RV.
We should be sad for what we had and is being destroyed day by day and the terrible legacy we are leaving behind for future generations.
The parks services could cut down trees and pave more land and run in new power lines and provide a place for large RV's to park and their owners to watch satellite TV from their lounge chairs inside. If they did this though they would destroy the area for campers and they would need to triple the fees to pay for the cost of adding and maintaining these services.
At state campgrounds in Utah, CA, MT, AZ, NV we pay less than $15 a night on average and often less than $8 a night. At RV parks we pay $35 to $75 a night and we are basically in a parking lot situation that may or may not have grass and may or may not have clean showers and restrooms - read the reviews on many of these places.
We have become a country that is owned by billionaires who are taxed at lower rates than fast food workers and so federal and state budgets for parks and campgrounds for the 99% are being deprived of the necessary funding to maintain them. Most state park employees qualify for food stamps at their income level and now we have retirees manning many federal campgrounds in return for a free space for their RV.
We should be sad for what we had and is being destroyed day by day and the terrible legacy we are leaving behind for future generations.
