Frankly, I'm sick of the government taking control of our lands and then kicking us out or making us pay huge fees to use it. All of our larger lakes in AZ, for example, are controlled by the feds or by the indians, which means there are no capitol improvements done. It's been quite some time ago but a Ranger at Roosevelt Lake (under federal control), NE of Phoenix, told us that we were lucky that we were allowed to put our boats on the lake. This is the government mentality at work.
I see the feds taking land away from We-the-People at the Yuma dunes areas and forcing them into more cramped confines that lead to accidents and injuries.
Earlier this year we visited Bryce and Zion National Parks and was charged $25 at each park to drive our Harley past the gate. Ranger said the fee was for a week. Big deal, we weren't going to be there for a week-long visit. We only wanted to visit for the day. A lower fee needs to be charged for day use. Better yet, no fee at all since it is our land, not the government's.
And on the topic of National Parks why are no improvements ever done? What do our camping fees go to? The RV parks have not been improved so that We-the-People who have larger RV's can use our land. I'm not going to buy a 25 footer so that I can camp in a national park. Time for the federal government to bring our RV parks into the current century.
I think the situation is out of control and hope that someone with some common sense can make some positive changes so that we can get our lands back.
BTW, the mice did speak in November. The mice DO have power.
