NPS experience

2gypsies wrote:

shenandoahvalley wrote:
Purpose of my post is to relate my first experience with the NPS at Cape Lookout Nat. Seashore and to solicit comments about whether my experience was typical.

You wanted comments and I commented that we had the same problem trying to get a sign posted.

The not so good: The site was sandy and the wind blows most of the time so it was almost impossible to keep a rug or mat in place and I got a lot of sand in the TT. There was a holy tree right in the way so I couldn't use the awning but it was so windy I probably wouldn't put it out anyway. The government has a rule or proceedure for EVERYTHING, so getting a decision pretty much took an act of Congress. I needed a sign on and password for the computer so I could check the weather and water temp on the NOAA site...had to take a three hour class online and pass a test on computer security, then my supervisor, her supervisor, his supervisor had to sign off on it, then send it to the regional office for approval...just to get the damn weather report, which I could access on my phone. Been here five weeks, leaving on Mar 30 and still don't have the sign on...ridiculus.

To me, this sounded like a complaint: "Been here five weeks, leaving on Mar 30 and still don't have the sign on..ridiculus".

Any comments would be appreciated.

I did comment and it seems you didn't want me to comment. :h
Perhaps someone else can try commenting so you get the comment you want.