i’ve started avoiding the national parks and monuments in lieu of national forests or blm land
arches was almost unbearably crowded last time i was there
Re: The Great Outdoors
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 11:46 am
by ousdahl
yeah me too.
although, there's a lot of truth to the fact the vast majority of park visitors never leave the road. Solitude still there if you're willing to wander.
but yeah, national forest and BLM offers comparable wild places with a fraction of the crowds. Wait, I mean, BLM sucks, keep going to the parks!
Perhaps most disappointing to me is how so many people will literally shit everywhere.
Re: The Great Outdoors
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:07 pm
by Deleted User 89
yup...lazy fucks
Re: The Great Outdoors
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:24 pm
by pdub
They wanted to raise the price of the parks by 100 to 200 percent.
I don’t think people should be priced out but it’s one solution.
Or maybe there are online applications where you reserve a spot and only so many non reserved entrees a day.
This year at Acadia was the busiest I’ve seen by far and that was a bummer.
Re: The Great Outdoors
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:39 pm
by Deleted User 89
pdub wrote: ↑Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:24 pm
Or maybe there are online applications where you reserve a spot and only so many non reserved entrees a day.
according to ousie’s link, this is already in place and working at the Muir Woods
Re: The Great Outdoors
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 5:32 pm
by kubandalum
If you’re a kayaker, you couldn’t do better than Misty Fjords National Monument in southeastern Alaska. It’s only accessible by water and air. I’m not a kayaker, but I spent most of a week there with a relative who owned and lived on a boat. It easily compares to Yosemite in beauty.
There are bears there, but I’m told the bears avoid people who make noise to let the bears know they’re in the vicinity. I’d didn’t see any. Did see salmon and bald eagles and seals.