would you pay $41 to enter a National Park?
I am calling BS on this story. Read it and the implication is that folks would be okay with an 80% increase in entrance fees if it ensured they would see a bear Article
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Cramped campgrounds, dated or rundown facilities, crowded sightseeing. It's going to get worse, not better, but we're going to have to live with it or be willing to pay to make it better. There are an awful lot of us that want to be there. More and more of us have physical limitations and we are demanding that the parks accommodate them. We want to be able to see everything from a wheelchair, run an air conditioner or a CPAP, have spacious private sites, have access to shops or restaurants, and drive our rigs on roads that don't tear them apart. We want park personnel to protect us from ourselves because we have no common sense, and clean up after us, all the while letting us think that we are out experiencing nature in the raw. Gee, we want a lot. And we want it all for free.
BTW, qtla, I am not sure what you have against electric cooking gear. If I am pulling in with a big rig, I am not expecting to be put in an unspoiled wilderness area (are there even any left in this country?). I am expecting to be put in a cramped area of civilization and I am expecting the people setting the fees to be aware of what I am likely to use and to set the fees accordingly. I am not interedting in "getting my share." I am interested in taking the mess and smells of cooking outside.
BTW, qtla, I am not sure what you have against electric cooking gear. If I am pulling in with a big rig, I am not expecting to be put in an unspoiled wilderness area (are there even any left in this country?). I am expecting to be put in a cramped area of civilization and I am expecting the people setting the fees to be aware of what I am likely to use and to set the fees accordingly. I am not interedting in "getting my share." I am interested in taking the mess and smells of cooking outside.
