Va. St parks and pet fee
Do all of the Va state parks charge $5 for each pet?
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Oaklevel - maybe you have not been to the right VA state parks -- lots of them have improved or added new larger sites. I think the state is just trying to make more $$$ off the weekend campers. The fees are not as bad if you stay longer. On the other hand, with only a couple of VA state parks with sewer hookups it can be difficult to stay longer. Most are pretty and have lots of outdoors natural things to do.
That said, we have a lifetime VA state park pass that gets us 10% camping fees. Even with that, it does not make sense economically to stay for one (or two) nights when a commercial campground is the same or less. One exception is if the park is the only thing close to the route that isn't really nasty. So we stay at the VA parks much less than we used to.
BTW, it seems that not all of the park rangers agree with the dog fee. You would think for that price, we could at least have a designated dog swim area.
That said, we have a lifetime VA state park pass that gets us 10% camping fees. Even with that, it does not make sense economically to stay for one (or two) nights when a commercial campground is the same or less. One exception is if the park is the only thing close to the route that isn't really nasty. So we stay at the VA parks much less than we used to.
BTW, it seems that not all of the park rangers agree with the dog fee. You would think for that price, we could at least have a designated dog swim area.
