National Park Service Killjoys

Did they wait until my mom and I decided to go on the road and see a bunch of the National Parks? Am I the only one who sees the timing for this as suspicious?

The AP reported May 6, 2007, that the National Park Service is planning to raise their fees at a lot of the parks. Starting soon.

Entrance fees are due to rise at national parks over the next three summers, though a public outcry over specific increases could cause the government to reconsider.

Through 2009, the National Park Service plans to phase in higher rates for annual park passes and fees paid per vehicle or person at about 130 of the 390 parks, monuments and other areas the agency manages.

The government does not collect any fees at the other two-thirds of sites in the park system.

And which ones are scheduled to go up first? The ones we want to see, of course.

This summer, higher entrance fees are due to be collected at 11 parks:
_Muir Woods in California.
_Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Mesa Verde, both in Colorado.
_Fort McHenry in Maryland.
_Martin Van Buren in New York.
_Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains, both in Texas.
_Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks and Zion, all in Utah.
_Colonial in Virginia.

You turn into a tourist, and they start gouging you . Hmmph!