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07-12-2017, 06:26 PM
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1 Rivet Member
2016 19' International
Phoenix
, Arizona
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 12
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National Park Pass
Not sure if this is the right place to post this.
Seniors get your passes before the end of August. Lifetime is $10 and goes up to $80.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sen...r80/ar-BBEiOym
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07-15-2017, 06:52 PM
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Ready-to-Travel
2012 30' International
Walkerton
, Virginia
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,167
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Sounds reasonable to me. I have a $10 pass but will buy an $80 one. Still the best bargain on wheels. Free admission and half-price campsites? Should be more than $10.
Pat
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07-15-2017, 08:09 PM
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Half a Rivet Short
2017 30' Classic
2022 Interstate 24X
Carlisle
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 15,736
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Hi
Right now the Canadian parks are ... free. Not forever and not part of a senior pass. Not everything and anything. Still worth thinking about before the end of the year.
Bob
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07-15-2017, 11:27 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2014 27' Flying Cloud
Rancho Cordova
, California
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 185
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Quote:
Originally Posted by uncle_bob
Hi
Right now the Canadian parks are ... free. Not forever and not part of a senior pass. Not everything and anything. Still worth thinking about before the end of the year.
Bob
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Just left Waterton Lakes National Park this morning after three nights. If you like to view/photograph bears, this is the place for you. Driving between the city of Waterton Park and the Crandell Mountain campground we would see bears every afternoon/evening. In some cases you would see multiple bears from the same pullout. One evening we returned to our trailer and our fellow campers next to us told us about a bear that had hung out in our campsite for the better part of an hour eating the greenery around our trailer, I was disappointed I didn't get a picture of that.
Didn't see any bears while in Bamff, however should you ever be around Moraine Lake, that is a site to see, I have never seen water in that shade of blue. Looks like a blue Powerade drink.
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07-16-2017, 04:17 AM
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Rivet Master
2020 28' Flying Cloud
Upper St Clair
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,943
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FYI the $10.00 pass for seniors does not expire, nor does anyone who has a $10.00 need to buy the $80.00 pass.
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07-16-2017, 06:41 AM
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Rivet Master
2017 19' International
Tallahassee
, Florida
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 938
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You can get this senior pass at almost any federal property.
I got mine at a wildlife refuge.
A lifetime pass for $10 ... a nice benefit for older folks.
It gets you in all national parks but also many other federal places you might want to visit.
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07-16-2017, 08:03 AM
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Rivet Master
1967 22' Safari
MILAN
, Illinois
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,013
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Pass
We purchased ours several years ago and have used it to avoid all entry fees for many site run by the Natl. Park Serv. in multi states. Not much you can find wrong with an item that you buy for $10.00 and use for the rest of your life! We LOVE it! Ed
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07-16-2017, 08:09 AM
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Rivet Master
1958 18' "Footer"
Idyllwild
, California
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 645
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think I'll buy a spare!
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07-16-2017, 08:34 AM
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Rivet Master
2017 26' Flying Cloud
Tampa
, Florida
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 7,654
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I guess I was lucky. One year while visiting Black Canyon of the Gunnison the ranger asked if I had a senior pass. I never heard of a senior pass, so he gave me one....free. I've used it ever since. Great value!
Besides, seniors are way less likely to leave trash, or destroy planting beds, or ruin the experience for others. Why not throw us a bone?
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07-16-2017, 11:06 AM
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Rivet Master
1986 31' Sovereign
Miami
, Florida
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,137
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The word is definitely out -- we are selling dozens every day! Even the tour bus drivers are sending all their "silver" passengers in for one.
We kind of dread the day they go to $80 -- you just know we are going to catch a lot of grief over this one. For the record, the increase was congressionally mandated -- the NPS, NFS, BLM, COE had no input...
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07-16-2017, 11:43 AM
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Rivet Master
2017 28' Flying Cloud
2014 25' FB Flying Cloud
2008 25' Safari FB SE
Georgetown (winter)Thayne (summer)
, Texas & Wyoming
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 6,672
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senior pass
This is one of the best bargain's for seniors out there at $10! No question, for "once" the government has given us a valuable benefit! We have been wondering when they would "catch on" and charge more "tax" for the senior pass. Still a great bargain of you use the parks a lot...we do! Heading to Banff area in Canada with the "free" pass next week! Happy streaming!
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07-16-2017, 01:01 PM
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Len and Jeanne
2005 16' International CCD
2015 19' Flying Cloud
Creston Valley
, British Columbia
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,793
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Canadian national parks have free admission just for this year, in honour of Canada's 150th anniversary.
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07-16-2017, 01:48 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2008 23' Safari SE
Oklahoma City
, Oklahoma
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 98
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It appears the word is out cause I applied for mine months ago and just got an email that it had been sent.
Mike
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07-17-2017, 04:07 AM
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Rivet Master
2017 19' International
Tallahassee
, Florida
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 938
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Quote:
Originally Posted by n2916s
We kind of dread the day they go to $80 -- you just know we are going to catch a lot of grief over this one....
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Even at $80, it is a bargain.
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07-17-2017, 05:31 AM
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Rivet Master
2006 23' Safari SE
Biloxi
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 8,278
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Reminder, life time Federal Access Pass for disabled are free. That includes military with VA certified disability as low as 10%. If you apply in person at a federal facility park, etc. they waive the $10 processing fee.
https://store.usgs.gov/pass
https://store.usgs.gov/access-pass
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07-17-2017, 07:57 AM
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Rivet Master
1958 18' "Footer"
Idyllwild
, California
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 645
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AWCHIEF
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Not at the parks in AZ or CA!
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07-17-2017, 08:43 PM
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Rivet Master
1987 25' Sovereign
Fort Collins
, Colorado
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 582
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And we just learned at Rocky Mt National Park that we didn't have to wait in the mile-long lines. In the right hand lane you could just swipe your pass to open the crossbar. We'll be hoping that's true everywhere.
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08-15-2017, 10:12 AM
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2 Rivet Member
2006 22' Parkway
Poughkeepsie
, New York
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Len n Jeanne
Canadian national parks have free admission just for this year, in honour of Canada's 150th anniversary.
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I didn't find this true. I had to pay to get into any park.
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08-15-2017, 10:20 AM
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2 Rivet Member
2006 22' Parkway
Poughkeepsie
, New York
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skerr
I didn't find this true. I had to pay to get into any park.
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I just went on line to find out more about parks in Canada. You DO have to pay for Provincial Parks. Others may be free but it is best to check to find out which ones are free.
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08-15-2017, 10:56 AM
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Half a Rivet Short
2017 30' Classic
2022 Interstate 24X
Carlisle
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 15,736
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Hi
If you still are looking for the US Lifetime Senior Pass, keep trying !! We found ours a week ago at a National Forest that had just gotten in a new shipment.
Bob
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