Posted on 02/07/2012 5:54:01 AM PST by SJackson
Um, they don't have an attendance problem.
I agree; when I go on a trip, the only thing I absolutely have to buy is gasoline and I also have a 32 gal tank in case stations are scarce along the way. Everything else is stocked up in the rig before I go.
JC
My friends always want to load up with all kinds of food and drink before setting out.
I explain that we’ll probably NEVER be father away from a store than 100 miles or so; no matter HOW remote the places we visit out west.
Not sure this policy will accomplish much, and I agree the issue is more landfill related than trail trash. Trash is a big problem, but they’re not banning bottles from the park, only their sale. The NPS may not have noticed, but lots of people buy them by the case, not the bottle. And you can buy them outside the park. Deposits would be a good idea, but probably unworkable for a single park. As Elsie correctly points out, one might be foolish to depend on water refilling stations being full. And they’re seasonal, I’ve only been down the corridor trails in winter and early spring, and there’s no water other than at Indian Garden and the bottom. I wouldn’t rely on stations. And if you don’t want to leave the park, there’s always beer. The article address’ water only, if that’s the case therell be plenty of juices and flavored juices in disposable bottles sold.
Yes, usually, but there is always the chance of a breakdown on a long empty road or even many miles off road that strands me for days, so I always have food, drink and camping gear along too. I’m fairly careful, but it has happened, so the only thing that was hurt was my pride!
JC
Why aren’t the libby tree huggers volunteering and cleaning it up?
I thought that is what they were for! lol
One word: Canteen.
Every one of us Boy Scouts had one.
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