Sad state of our National Parks-II
Again, this is not political. It is to our interest as RVers and for Camping World business to have an outstanding national parks that usually provide the cheaper camping facilities and best places t...
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JRscooby - I understand we need to police our own as well, but mostly because they know and blatantly disregard the rules and guidelines.
Regards the other nations education. What we've seen on our travels most often is an inability for visitors from foreign nations to read warnings and signs, or to understand guidelines. A bison or elk in rut is an extremely dangerous animal, as we've seen lately on nightly news clips.
Last fall, we found a young woman (22-23 age maybe) opening a new box containing a Drone w/camera and preparing to fly it over the Grand Canyon - Illegal in national parks. We tried to explain why no drones, and she could be arrested if she flew it. Language barrier interfered, allowing no communication. I spent about twenty minutes, and found another person that spoke her language and English, we explained to him, he translated (I think so anyway) -- she packed up her box and left.
We hiked the canyon trail for awhile and back. When we returned, same woman was in a different space and trying to get the drone to fly over the canyon again, but having little luck because it was new, and she had NO training. That's just one example of the problems we face in our parks. I imagine she lost it ... so now we probably have an expensive drone and camera rotting and rusting in Grand Canyon somewhere.
The tragedy of this kind of ignorance means at some point, NPS will likely fence off the roads, meaning fence in the wildlife, and turn the national parks into a zoo-like experience. OR, perhaps tour only with a bus or trolley.
Regards the other nations education. What we've seen on our travels most often is an inability for visitors from foreign nations to read warnings and signs, or to understand guidelines. A bison or elk in rut is an extremely dangerous animal, as we've seen lately on nightly news clips.
Last fall, we found a young woman (22-23 age maybe) opening a new box containing a Drone w/camera and preparing to fly it over the Grand Canyon - Illegal in national parks. We tried to explain why no drones, and she could be arrested if she flew it. Language barrier interfered, allowing no communication. I spent about twenty minutes, and found another person that spoke her language and English, we explained to him, he translated (I think so anyway) -- she packed up her box and left.
We hiked the canyon trail for awhile and back. When we returned, same woman was in a different space and trying to get the drone to fly over the canyon again, but having little luck because it was new, and she had NO training. That's just one example of the problems we face in our parks. I imagine she lost it ... so now we probably have an expensive drone and camera rotting and rusting in Grand Canyon somewhere.
The tragedy of this kind of ignorance means at some point, NPS will likely fence off the roads, meaning fence in the wildlife, and turn the national parks into a zoo-like experience. OR, perhaps tour only with a bus or trolley.
