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Xolodno

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29. When I visit the National Parks, I like talking to the Rangers...

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 11:44 AM

Mar 2014

...for all the *stupid* they have to endure.

Yellowstone: Lady asked the Ranger "What time do they let all the animals out?"

Yosemite: Someone suggested at the Mariposa Grove "They should put a McDonalds at the top"

Zions: "Where is the elevator to the top?"

My personal observances:

Yellowstone: Someone walking in high heels on the...albeit paved...trail to the top of Lower Yellowstone Falls.

Yosemite: A family thought they could walk to Ostrander Lake....trail is six miles...2000 feet up...and you start at 7000 feet. All they had was small bottle of water. I was coming down with a full day hike pack...minus 80 ounces of water from my 100 ounce Camel back and a freeze dried meal (which I ate at the lake). They turned back thankfully...otherwise I would have drove out to Glacier Point and informed the Rangers.

I wish I was making this shit up...

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