[at-l] Re: Arrested by Ridgerunner!

[lparker@cacaphony.net (L. Parker)]

Well, your subsequent reply notwithstanding...

I have personally watched a "volunteer Ranger" who was not on duty even,
throw several kids who were partying at Icewater out into the cold (pun
intended) when they couldn't produce their reservation forms. If I remember
correctly, he threatened them with "arrest". Now you and I both know that
ain't true, but danged if I was going to open my mouth and say so, I was on
his side!

Yeah, maybe he was stretching his authority a little (or a lot) but
sometimes a man has got to do what he's got to do, even at the risk of being
censured for it later.

Lee I Joe

"manzana" <guillermo_manzana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I stayed in Peck's Corner (Smoky Mountain National Park) this weekend.
> Ridgerunner Bob was having a bad day I think... 8-) He told 3 of the
> guys in our shelter he "would give them a ticket" if they pitched their
> tent outside the shelter. Are we supposed to believe that Ridgerunners
> have arrest authority? Methinks it aint true! Or, do they give you some
> kind ATC ticket or something? Does a Ridgerunner ticket raise your
> insurance?
>
> Thanks, la manzana
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