4runnerguy wrote:You misunderstood me. WE THE PEOPLE is from the US Constitution and encompasses all Americans, not just RVers. I was speaking as an American citizen who gets peeved when the government takes over our land and then prevents WE THE PEOPLE from using it or charges us to use it or limits us using it. Then you get the rangers who think they own these parks, forgetting that it is WE THE PEOPLE who own all of these lands. Roosevelt Lake is a very large lake NE of Phoenix and has a huge boating population that use it. Rangers once told us we were "lucky" that they let us use the lake. That is the mindset of these bureaucrats and I'm sick of it.azdryheat wrote:"We the People" isn't just those who own and camp in RV's. The act establishing the NPS states: "The service thus established shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations hereinafter specified by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purposes of the said parks, monuments, and reservations, which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." Expansion of existing or development of new campgrounds can obviously come into conflict with the conservation mandate and the order to leave the parks unimpaired for future generations.
Seems to me that the federal government bureaucrat run RV parks have not kept pace with the growth of the RV industry in both quantity of RV's and the physical size of the RV's of today. Park roads can be tight, spaces can be short and few in number. My experience with park rangers and others suggest that they believe the government owns these parks and don't realize they are managing these parks for us, WE THE PEOPLE, we own these parks. Why won't the feds modernize and update the RV parks?
