I guess they figure that if the government had to build and maintain their own reservations system then ALL the taxpayers, campers or not, would be paying the fee.  Not to mention hiring park personnel to take your money on check-in.  This way only the user pays the fee.

 $9 does seem a bit high, especially if you stay only one night.

 Anthony
 '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)

Pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET> wrote: If I can conjure this up, some clever entrepreneur has figured out how to
suck more cash out of the VW Camping Crazies by running a gummint approved
database business that charges NINE DOLLARS to type in an entry into a data
base.  Clever AND since it's the only game in town it's a gummint sponsored
monopoly.  I hate it when they do that.  Not likely this stuff will go away
easily.  So to camp in a FEE'd campsite in the Parks you have to pay not
only the campsite fee but a NON-REFUNDABLE reservation fee.  For Jellystone
it's 25$ to get in, 16$ for the first night and 9$ skimmed off your wallet
to some clever outfit.  Hmmm, that's $50 for the first night, no HBO, no
wifi, no free Coffee, no clean as a whistle shower no fresh towels, french
milled soap...Makes Motel 6 look pretty good, discounting the location of
course.

But then it wouldn't be camping in the 'wilderness'.

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