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So since I now got the ways and means, I visited 4 national parks in 3 days. They were all real nice and all. The price was reasonable I guess, ranging from 10 down to 7 dollars, I guess depending upon what they thought the traffic could bear. I wondered about a couple of things though. Most of the rangers were in little buildings collecting your fee or in the gift shop, not out in the field. I did meet one who was a temporary or helper, and from her I learned it is not ok to shake the base of the balanced rock and scream out 'It's falling, run for your lives!' in any language, and apparently it is not the same me taking a leak on a rock as an elk taking a leak on a rock. I also wondered why the government decided that we should have a paved road leading right up to within a hop, skip, and a jump of every feature of note within the park? Wouldn't it contribute to the preservation of our natural resources if you had to drive in on a dirt road, park about five miles out, and WALK to the 'Hole in the Rocks'? It seems to me that would cut down the traffic and you would spend a little more time enjoying the outdoors. As it was, I could drive through all these parks and take pictures out the window of the pick-up, never got out, and got some good ones. Anybody else have any thoughts on this?