national parks pass

[id10t]

https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm#CP_JUMP_5088578

For you old folks, currently $10 for the rest of your life. In August, goes up to $80.

[vash]

Cost: $10 lifetime pass (see note in "how to purchase" for more details)

NOTE: The cost of obtaining a Senior Pass through the mail or online is $20. $10 for the Senior Pass and $10 for processing the application.

not bad..online for a 10-spot more! thanks. i tell my old folky mom.

[Evans, Marv]

Got one years ago. On our little vacation a few weeks ago, I told me wife I was wondering if the pass still cost $10. Of course she went on line and said it was going up to $80 in August. I was surprised it had stayed at the $10 level for so long. We used it at Arches and the guy at the entrance booth commented they usually wanted to see an ID, because apparently they are targeted for theft. That thing has paid for itself many times over.

[Geary]

My wife and I keep one in each of our cars. We paddle on the river near our house 4-5 days a week, and the pass has saved us a bundle.

[GH85Carrera]

We got one on our trip to Acadia National park last year in Maine. We hung it on the mirror and drove around the park. We had locked my wife's purse in the trunk on my 911 and even locked the trunk with the key. We came to the only gate and the guard had to see my wife's ID to match it to the pass. So I had to turn off the car, get on my knees to see the lock, unlock the trunk and get her purse from the trunk. She dug out her driver's license and we were passed through. We backed up the line a bit but it could not be helped.

It was a nice bonus to get a pass to all the parks for $10. I guess I will get one when I turn 65 in a several more decades. Wait, I guess they go by birth date and not how old one acts. So maybe sooner than decades away.

[vash]

is this senior pass a special color of something? bigass font?
what keeps a young whippersnapper from using gramps' ID to buy one and put into his magic bus?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by vash

is this senior pass a special color of something? bigass font?
what keeps a young whippersnapper from using gramps' ID to buy one and put into his magic bus?

See my post above yours. The guard at the gate requires you to show ID and proof that you are a geezer to match it to the name on the pass.

[vash]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

See my post above yours. The guard at the gate requires you to show ID and proof that you are a geezer to match it to the name on the pass.

thanks..those rangers are wily.

[vash]

i am not going camping with my mom..there isnt enough booze at camp.

[rusnak]

They should call it the Green Banana Pass. If you don't buy green bananas, then you can buy a lifetime pass for $10 while everyone else has to pay $80 PER YEAR. I can't remember the last time I actually drove into a National Park.

[Jeff Higgins]

This kind of access used to be free. Where do our taxes go? Here in Washington, one needs a National Parks pass for national forest land, a "Discover Pass" for state parks, yet another pass for DNR lands, and one more for state Game Department managed sites. I'm old enough to remember a time when simply being a tax paying citizen gained one access to all of these places. Nowadays our taxes are higher than ever, and access to these "public lands" is extra.

[gtc]

Don't forget the Mount Rainier pass.

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

This kind of access used to be free. Where do our taxes go? Here in Washington, one needs a National Parks pass for national forest land, a "Discover Pass" for state parks, yet another pass for DNR lands, and one more for state Game Department managed sites. I'm old enough to remember a time when simply being a tax paying citizen gained one access to all of these places. Nowadays our taxes are higher than ever, and access to these "public lands" is extra.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by rusnak

I can't remember the last time I actually drove into a National Park.

You should get out there and see this big beautiful country. We have hit over 30 National parks in my 911, maybe more than that. From Acadia park in Maine to San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. Both sides of the Grand Canyon, Arches National park, Mananas and more than I can remember off the top of my head. Utah alone has enough breathtaking parks to keep you busy for a month. Go to Flagstaff and use that as a home base. There are many fantastic places withing a short drive, spend lots of time and get back to Flagstaff. Just get a hotel that is not next to the rail road.

[carreradpt]

62 yo is considered old fart senior for the pass.

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

You should get out there and see this big beautiful country. We have hit over 30 National parks in my 911, maybe more than that. From Acadia park in Maine to San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. Both sides of the Grand Canyon, Arches National park, Mananas and more than I can remember off the top of my head. Utah alone has enough breathtaking parks to keep you busy for a month. Go to Flagstaff and use that as a home base. There are many fantastic places withing a short drive, spend lots of time and get back to Flagstaff. Just get a hotel that is not next to the rail road.

I totally agree! Sequoia National Park and Yosemite are practically in my back yard.

When I was a wee child my dad bought a van and we drove across the USA.

[vash]

You near any fires? I hope not bud

[rusnak]

^ I can smell 'em, but I can't see 'em. Had a bunch of wind that blew the smoke out of the valley.