tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post8119960003607771369..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: No More Free ParkingSixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-83672457132331258852013-12-07T17:15:56.950-05:002013-12-07T17:15:56.950-05:00Two attempts to spend the night. Two encounters w...Two attempts to spend the night. Two encounters with armed me. Not good. It's gotten worse since the 70s too. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-70923681387718233112013-12-07T16:38:37.999-05:002013-12-07T16:38:37.999-05:00I don't find it to be a new problem. In the mi...I don't find it to be a new problem. In the mid- 1970s, a friend and I visited east central New Hampshire with a small motor home in the winter, expecting we could just park somewhere. Not the case. A local with a .30-06 rifle discouraged us from parking by the side of the dirt road near his house. So we tried closer to civilization, in the parking lot of a shopping center. The police rousted us from there around 6 a.m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-57077934772124072032013-12-07T16:25:49.268-05:002013-12-07T16:25:49.268-05:00Wow, $60 for parking in an unmarked spot. Not goo...Wow, $60 for parking in an unmarked spot. Not good. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-51660929469344784502013-12-07T15:55:07.859-05:002013-12-07T15:55:07.859-05:00The San Juan Islands have a ferry one pay for but ...The San Juan Islands have a ferry one pay for but there are pristine places to camp, if one can muster up the courage to ask the millionaires people who man their homes while they are at homes in the desert southwest for most of the year..It costs for most national parks here but we are old now and the passes for Washington state are very low.One can ride a huge metro bus, train, light rail system called the ORCA PASS FOR LITTLE MONEY, it is called ORCA FOR THE MANY ORCAS IN THE WATERS OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE, AT senior costs one can ride it for many many miles, but live on it no, but many communities have hostel type living places for those with no cash..Used to be one could camp at many places they put in PARKS FEES AND GOT RID OF THAT..we have lived in our community 35 years we went to a lovely lake and got a fee of $60.00 a ticket our neighbor was the printer for the county and could not believe we parked where we did, there was no warning no signs, we have never been back, no one uses that place at all cause they fine you to park there how is anyone to ever see the lake use the lake or get to the lake...it is just the sign of an ever increasing government that has to tax, fine and make sure no one can use any of the beautiful areas anyplace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-28967037724358965942013-12-07T13:57:22.429-05:002013-12-07T13:57:22.429-05:00Good to know. Thanks. Good to know. Thanks. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-21403499127839385972013-12-07T12:53:11.869-05:002013-12-07T12:53:11.869-05:00You can still park free at the Wal Mart here. Or o...You can still park free at the Wal Mart here. Or on the beach in Kleberg County. Nueces County beaches will cost you a $12 parking sticker, good for a year.Mayberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664966137470121099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-475382960716151902013-12-07T07:39:03.806-05:002013-12-07T07:39:03.806-05:00I've a lot of National Forest land in NH and u...I've a lot of National Forest land in NH and used to do a lot of free camping on it. Even did winter camping in my younger, crazier days. <br /><br />Of course, one government rule change and your life gets messed up. <br /><br />They seem normal enough to me in Key West -except for the other tourists that is. :-)Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-33212492874706342652013-12-07T07:36:19.124-05:002013-12-07T07:36:19.124-05:00. . . and I heard it was supposed to be better out.... . . and I heard it was supposed to be better out west. <br /><br />In NH on my lake, it's still possible to launch a boat and park for free. Too bad the rest of the world isn't like that. <br /><br />I'm always searching for cracks in the system where a poor boy like me can play. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-3610792652628540782013-12-07T07:32:20.696-05:002013-12-07T07:32:20.696-05:00I do weep for our children and grandchildren. The...I do weep for our children and grandchildren. They don't know the freedom I grew up with. <br /><br />The line in the sand for me was when they started charging to park to go hiking on public land. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-39932836324482764482013-12-07T07:29:59.011-05:002013-12-07T07:29:59.011-05:00It's gotten a lot more expensive in recent yea...It's gotten a lot more expensive in recent years. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-65743600554514198032013-12-07T07:28:55.407-05:002013-12-07T07:28:55.407-05:00No they don't.No they don't. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-47460698403640920602013-12-07T06:55:07.778-05:002013-12-07T06:55:07.778-05:00Indeed, my wife and I really miss the west. Out th...Indeed, my wife and I really miss the west. Out there there is plenty of free camping on BLM and Forest Service land. On the East Coast in general, not so much. Getting to be harder on a boat too here in Floriduh.<br />If only I could get over the aversion to the cold, we'd be gone in a flash back out west with our RV....<br />Have fun with the crazies in Key West !Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-44987627333977950682013-12-07T04:27:07.942-05:002013-12-07T04:27:07.942-05:00Welcome to the new reality pal.
Here on the Left ...Welcome to the new reality pal.<br /><br />Here on the Left Coast you can't even visit the State or Federal parks that WE PAY FOR without a thirty dollar a year permit.<br /><br />You like to fish?<br />You have to have a parking permit to park on the side of the fucking road, I kid you not.<br /><br />Forget trying to camp overnight.<br />Walmart has private security patrolling their lots 24/7 around here now.<br /><br />If you try to pull over and get some sleep you will be rousted by the local cops. Guaranteed.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-39129599100230804022013-12-07T03:14:07.455-05:002013-12-07T03:14:07.455-05:00It's a dreadful state of affairs and it's ...It's a dreadful state of affairs and it's a worldwide situation. Mankind has sold its soul and worships the god of greed. I sympathise with you and your wife Sixbears. I believe you can't even get into one of your national parks without a booking. You even have to have a booking to go kayaking on some of your rivers. Look what's happened to this stupid world and weep for how it was and will never be again... The Flying Tortoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212913610390768373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-56798441875575128632013-12-07T00:44:59.838-05:002013-12-07T00:44:59.838-05:00Nope nothing is free in coastal areas but the memo...Nope nothing is free in coastal areas but the memories.Its all about getting as much money as they can before you leave.Gary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-52928331576704688882013-12-07T00:19:33.959-05:002013-12-07T00:19:33.959-05:00Big Brother don't like it when you hide.Big Brother don't like it when you hide.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com