[at-l] Camping Fee for Trail Days---

[jplynch@crosslink.net (James P. Lynch)]

Agree wholeheartedly; fees are usually assessed to provide services. 
I've never been to Trail Days but Leslie certainly seems to have a good
start at services that a fee would pay for.

"Charles P. Copeland" wrote:
> 
> Leslie,
> 
> It will be very interesting to see what their response is!
> 
> Charles
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leslie Booher" <lwbooher@halifax.com>
> To: <trailtown@damascus.org>; <appletree@naxs.com>; <lamb@naxs.com>
> Cc: "List AT" <at-l@backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 12:26 AM
> Subject: [at-l] Camping Fee for Trail Days---
> 
> > Dear Trail Days organizers---
> >
> > It has been brought to our (hikers') attention that the town of Damascus
> > plans to initiate a $10 camping fee for anyone camped on town property for
> > Trail Days.  I am willing to pay this fee with some improvements on your
> > part.
> >
> > For my $10, I expect lots and lots of hot water in the restrooms right
> > around the corner from the Post Office, so that I don't have to have a
> cold
> > shower every day.  I expect lots and lots and lots of toilet paper in the
> > restrooms, so that I don't have to go buy packages of toilet paper to
> > contribute to the town, as I did last year.  I expect you to have all
> > toilets flowing at all times, so that one of the toilets in the lady's
> room
> > isn't always plugged up; in that same vein, I expect there to be enough
> > toilet plungers so that every stall has one at all times, so that we can
> at
> > least make an effort to keep everything working properly---last year,
> every
> > time we needed a plunger, it had been removed from the bathroom.  Doors on
> > the toilet stalls would be helpful.
> >
> > If I'm to pay $10, I would also expect to have a marked off area as mine,
> > with no one else's guy wires, stakes, dogs, garbage, etc., infringing on
> my
> > territory.  A laid out walking path would be excellent, too, so that no
> one
> > has to trip over my tent trying to get to their own.
> >
> > If our responsibility is to pay a camping fee, then you have certain
> > obligations to fulfill in return.  Some of us volunteered our time to help
> > Trail Days be the wonderful event it was.  Are we expected to volunteer
> and
> > pay, too?  If we pay a fee to camp, can we expect a higher level of
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