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Counterpoint: for ten years prior to 2020 I rented a forest service cabin in a national forest on a holiday weekend every year and never once had any issue navi

Counterpoint: for ten years prior to 2020 I rented a forest service cabin in a national forest on a holiday weekend every year and never once had any issue navigating the pre-Booz system. I agree it was not a very fancy site but it worked. I do not disagree with you that it is more accessible now, and I agree that the more people who get to access the parks, the better.

solardev 3y ago
Was that with ReserveAmerica, by chance? That was another public-private partnership: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReserveAmerica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReserveAmerica that a lot of campsites used before Recreation.gov But it's true, it used to be a lot easier to find space! I'm especially sad that a long-time dream of mine (staying at firewatch tower) seems completely out of reach now. Selfishly, I do yearn for the times when the outdoors were a more exclusive club. But the American (and communitarian) in me recognizes these as public lands, to be shared by all, even if wider access personally inconveniences me. I feel lucky that I got to experience some of these places at all before they blew up... as a millennial, I guess I'm part of that last generation that still knows what it was like pre-internet. Gens Z and beyond may never have that luxury of experiencing a public place that 10,000 TikTokers hadn't already been to... last week.
- Karrot_Kream 3y ago
  I highly recommend checking out the National Forest system if you haven't. Mendocino National Forest is an absolute gem. It's huge, rugged, and full of places to go. It's still quite fiddly to figure out what to do there and because it's not as popular as the NPs it's largely untouched.
  - solardev 3y ago
    Spent a lot of time in the NorCal regions (Klamath, Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity), but only a little around Mendo. Any particular highlights? Side note: And this is exactly how the best places get overcrowded, lol ;)

solardev 3y ago

Was that with ReserveAmerica, by chance? That was another public-private partnership: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReserveAmerica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReserveAmerica that a lot of campsites used before Recreation.gov But it's true, it used to be a lot easier to find space! I'm especially sad that a long-time dream of mine (staying at firewatch tower) seems completely out of reach now. Selfishly, I do yearn for the times when the outdoors were a more exclusive club. But the American (and communitarian) in me recognizes these as public lands, to be shared by all, even if wider access personally inconveniences me. I feel lucky that I got to experience some of these places at all before they blew up... as a millennial, I guess I'm part of that last generation that still knows what it was like pre-internet. Gens Z and beyond may never have that luxury of experiencing a public place that 10,000 TikTokers hadn't already been to... last week.

Karrot_Kream 3y ago
I highly recommend checking out the National Forest system if you haven't. Mendocino National Forest is an absolute gem. It's huge, rugged, and full of places to go. It's still quite fiddly to figure out what to do there and because it's not as popular as the NPs it's largely untouched.
- solardev 3y ago
  Spent a lot of time in the NorCal regions (Klamath, Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity), but only a little around Mendo. Any particular highlights? Side note: And this is exactly how the best places get overcrowded, lol ;)