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Date:         Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:17:36 +0000
Reply-To:     Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "John C..." <Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Can't see the forest for the fees?

Thought I saw a book about a year ago titled; Free Campgrounds. Still applicable? doubt it but might be worthwhile checking it out. :o) JC...

-------------- Original message -------------- From: Pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>

> Our esteemed governator is spelt Ahnold like he pronounces it. But don't > get me started on rocks and locks. > > Is this an Whoregon policy only? State stuff? or is it the Feds agin? > There was a NF fee system being tried out some years (3) ago wonder if it's > the same thing. I'll check. I noticed that my parking was free with my > "geezer pass" and my campsite fees were half off. Only 10bux for the pass > with proper credentials (62 years on the clock) and it's lifetime deal. > > Do YOU qualify? Go gitchaself one! Best ten bux you'll spend in the next > fifty years or so. Have em put it in your coffin or pyre when you depart > (non transferable). At least get a parks pass now $80 BUX egad! but good > for a year. Thats only four visits to Yosemite, Jellystone and others. > > http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/passes/ > http://www.fs.fed.us/passespermits/senior.shtml > http://www.fs.fed.us/passespermits/about-rec-fees.shtml#standard > > The 'geezer pass' is the old Golden Age passport. Now extinct. However I > have one squirreled away in Bessie the Charolais Camper (Syncro SVX) (RVC) > and use it often. For twenty years I bought Golden Eagle passes every year, > thought the advantages far outweighed the original $20 cost when it brought > FREE not half-off camping. No 'parking' fees or 'day use fees' for ordinary > places then. Sadly all gone by. Now we support mumblers with tea towels > who take August off for $10B a month while the west is on fire and USFS > (branch of Department of Agriculture) goes beggin' for qualified personnel > and capital equipment like fire trucks, slurry bombers, caterpillars, water > trucks, chain saws, helicopters...Dude! Where's my Country? > > BLM 'this land is your land' no longer fee free either. > > Al > > NF dispersed camper, ruffledgrouch, G.O.M.E.R, MAAGie RVN-Laos 61-63, viejo > pescador jubilado, Proud Geezer Pass User. etc etc.


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