GordonThree wrote:
jnharley wrote:
We are full timers and use a variety of campsites. However, state parks are pricing themselves out of business from us. We have been charged as much as $45 for a state park site with only water and electric. We can find nice (spacious) private campgrounds for much less than state parks.
Ouch, that is something!
Some Michigan's state parks are close to $40 now just electric, quite a bit more for water+sewer.
Hope it's not a trend... letting publicly owned parks manage themselves without input from the public that owns them, and fund themselves rather than general fund, forces them into profit driven thinking... just like the private parks :(
I don't see them as profit driven. I see them as being self sufficient. Being able to survive long term without totally relying on taxpayer subsidies is a worthwhile approach.
