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notdarkyet

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42. In az they charge you to go anywhere in the forest and state parks.

Sun Feb 12, 2017, 01:32 PM

Feb 2017

Twenty years ago you didn't pay to hike but congress starved the park and forest service so they had to come up with ways to pay for their agencies. I see it as more taxes. This is what is in store for water cos, roads, bridges and anything else they can charge you for.

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