[at-l] Forest Service Fee Parking Lots

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

Bryan wrote:
>The last time we renewed our annual np pass out at Death Valley the ranger
>said that the Golden Eagle was not worth buying in his opinion. But that
>would depend on your local circumstances I suppose.


That depends on how often you use it.  We used the Golden Eagle for about 5 
years.  The price went from $10 to $50 per year over that time. Don't know 
what it is now.   But we also used it.  We spend considerable time in the 
Shenandoah, Prince William, Catoctin and Greenbelt Parks - and used them in 
a lot of other places.  We got our money's worth out of them.

Then I got the Golden Age card - $10, lifetime use - and we saved that much 
in entry fees in the first 10 days.  Last weekend we were at Harpers Ferry 
and the parking lot that used to be free is now a "fee-parking" lot, but the 
Golden Age was accepted.  Gotta love it.

I've just never had occasion to try it at a Forest Service facility.  But as 
Chainsaw pointed out - that was a new thing as of April 2003 so I'm sure 
I'll find out.

Walk softly,
Jim

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