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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monkey44 wrote:
JRscooby - I understand we need to police our own as well, but mostly because they know and blatantly disregard the rules and guidelines.
Are you saying that Americans are too stupid to be educated? Or, like seams to be the opinion of many, Americans should be free to choose which they should obey, and what rules others must obey?
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.
or somebody picked it up along with other trash, and carried it out
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.
I'm not saying we should not try to help the ones from across the borders, but if 1 out of 100 comes from another country, they will likely do a limited amount of harm.
OTOH, if the person in charge of the people you think might restrict our access is of the opinion the government should not own land, or that all government owned land ought to be fracked until it shakes like Oklahoma we will be the last to see the parks.
The congress critters have most all left DC. They have offices in their home district. They won't meet with you? Then do they deserve to represent you?
