I'm on a super extended summer trip and I'm currently in Vermont and it's raining so
I thought I'd bitch a little.
1. The $8.00 reservation fee tacked on to Federal and state parks and the vanishing number of walk-in sites.
2. The day use fee in addition to the camping fee charged by many state parks.
The reservation fee must generate obscene amounts of money for every little investment. Most of the parks in this system don't supply full hook-ups and the state parks with the tacked on fees can approach $40/night.
The federal parks are still a good deal but it's getting harder and harder to get in without a reservation and if you do get in, there's a good chance you will be kicked out of your spot for someone with a reservation.
These additional costs are really impacting my budget for the summer. I budgeted $2.50/gal for fuel (ok there so far) and $25.00 per night for camping (not doing so well there). I find myself staying at a lot of truck stops, Walmarts, and Cracker Barrels while traveling between destinations. During the week, these parks are like 20% full and the State's solution is to shut them down. California recently shut down over 200 state parks.
Am I just nuts or is there something screwy going on here
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