> From the parking lot at Bryce NP at Ruby's Inn.
>
> Bob .... headed for Kodachrome Basin SP before it gets dark ... uncertain
> cell connection but plenty of BLM land to camp on over there.
> An aside: I left my campsite in a hurry this morning after hearing
> semi-automatic firearm crackling not too far away. About 10 shots in very
> quick succession.
>
>   That's the thing about camping on public land...It's public land that
other's can also use for their own agendas.  Sometimes that may not be
especially compatable with camping..If your campsite becomes unpleasant
because of nearby activities, you just have to move..There aren't many
formal rules for public land use..yet...thank goodness..

  Sometimes, though, you gotta wonder what people are thinking..some of the
total Bonehead actions you encounter when "out in the Wilderness" nearer
population centers.  I had a real 'soft-spot' for the Congo and Bongo
drummers who camped near us in the California desert and played into the
night, often...NOT!...but it was staying near them or moving closer to the
Gross motorhomes with the generators running all night...Westie camping in
those situations is ....not so quiet what with the canvas sides of the
poptops.
  Bryce is really nice..
  Don Hanson