Yellowstone .......America's crown jewel

[cptqueeg]

I have to mention the National Park Service and Mammoth Campground. The camp has about 6 restrooms spread out through the camp of about 100 sites, but only 1 restroom was open!!! It was an 8 minute, not flat, walk to the rest room and you guessed it was uphill both ways! The road went down a draw(valley) and then up the other side so it truly was uphill both ways.

For those campers that aren't equipped to contain waste water this should have meant carrying the dish washing water to the restroom for disposal. The restrooms are connected to a proper sewer system connected to the nearby employee housing Only my wife would walk that far carrying a bucket of dirty water so you know that the wash water along w a lot of urine was being deposited in the camp.

Yet the bathroom including the one directly across from out site had a parade of NPS employees and contractors checking on the bath room since the heat was running and lights were on because they should have been open!!! Keep in mind this is an active wildlife corridor including grizzly and black bears, wolves, bison, etc in the camp ground yet the NPS insures folks go out and mix it up w the animals to get to the bath room after dark. 99.9% don't have bear spray or a firearm w them. And the web page makes no note of the current lack of facilities, which I'm sure is a hardship and reason to not be able to stay there for some.

FYI it's $25 w flush toilets, and potable water and 50% off w the lifetime senior pass discount.

 

[Holdmybeer]

I'd prefer the near infinite chance of meeting a bear on a moonless night trek than the more real danger from a tremulous "Ranger Bob" carrying a gun.

 

[TheLooks]

LOL, and that's why folks occasionally get killed by a bear. When is the last Ranger shooting you heard of?

 

[cptqueeg]

I'd prefer the near infinite chance of meeting a bear on a moonless night trek than the more real danger from a tremulous "Ranger Bob" carrying a gun.

I was referring to campers w firearms; campground hosts should stick to bear spray, too, NPS LEO's are well trained, generally trustworthy w firearms.

 

[cptqueeg]

The bigger danger is startling a bison in the dark.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

WOW! I thought the real message was the state of the budget!

Oh well, my vote is Bullwinkle, just saying.

 

[Holdmybeer]

I was referring to campers w firearms;

So was I

 

[Holdmybeer]

LOL, and that's why folks occasionally get killed by a bear. When is the last Ranger shooting you heard of?

A man is walking to the camp restroom at 10pm and encounters a 700 lb grizzly, he shoots the bear once with his pistol after which the bear sexually assaults him. The next night he meets the same bear, shoots him twice and gets sexually assaulted by the bear again. The following night the same camper meets the same bear and shoots him three times, the bear says, "You're not really just trying to get to the restroom are you"

 

[TheLooks]

You do you, and I will do me. I grew up in the boonies and can handle a firearm. But if you don't have one you can't. Better to have and not need then to need and not have.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

After all is said and done, wouldn't the easiest solution be to just have a porta potty along for emergencies? No long hikes up hill both ways in the dark. No packing a heavy riffle to slow you down when ya really just gotta go now. No worrying about Yogi sniffin your butt.

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[Holdmybeer]

After all is said and done, wouldn't the easiest solution be to just have a porta potty along for emergencies? No long hikes up hill both ways in the dark. No packing a heavy riffle to slow you down when ya really just gotta go now. No worrying about Yogi sniffin your butt.

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The smaller sailboats use them.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

After all is said and done, wouldn't the easiest solution be to just have a porta potty along for emergencies? No long hikes up hill both ways in the dark. No packing a heavy riffle to slow you down when ya really just gotta go now. No worrying about Yogi sniffin your butt.

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I think this thread has found a different path! Even the title smells of government decay.

That's the way I read it! Then again the name/description of the parks changed years ago.