07-08-2017, 06:42 PM
State or Federal Annual Park Pass?
Advice request: Which one is best for me and which parks should top my list to visit?
Recommendations invited.
Now that I have a vehicle with excellent winter driving and off road capabilities and have freed myself up time from chores and maintenance of an older vehicle, today will be the first day of a lot of fun and adventure. I have lots of vacation time saved up to use productively at great destinations.
I enjoyed meeting our most active at our annual Willard Bay BFT Flotilla event. I paid $10 at the gate, but was very tempted to buy an annual pass for $75 instead. It would pay for itself in seven and a half uses. But, with just my older two wheel drive vehicle at that time, I couldn't trust it's reliability to be able to use the pass much and I certainly couldn't use it for most ice fishing destinations except on rare days of dry pavement, so that prompted me to add that to reasons to buy a vehicle that would allow me to enjoy ice fishing and surf fishing.
Great fishing destinations are of course a priority, but I want more!
In choosing a destination for today (suggestions for other days and seasons are invited, too), I notice the forecast is for 103° F (102 Sunday) and unhealthy air quality with ozone being high recently. That matters more, if I take my bicycle with me. I started to greatly increase my superpowers by bicycling, but was too busy for that for about two months. Now that I have much more time to ride, I should choose high altitude above the air pollution and with roads both good (smooth and safer traffic conditions) and popular (I do like to ride with groups or top racing teams) for bicycling.
I also enjoy hiking. I ran up Mt. Elbert. But, I'm not so much seeking an athletic event yet and more likely wanting to combine driving, bicycling or hiking with fishing and maybe car camping, so hiking would be to enjoy some fishing locations where hiking presents some great fishing locations.
I'm remembering all of the excellent photography and locations from older posts from TieDyeTwins (another reason we shouldn't delete our older archives as that would be a great loss and it's on my list to visit those locations). I'm using that now also to inspire some good choices for destinations and was just looking at some of his 3027 posts and lots of pictures with many worthy of being magazine covers.
A lessor version of my vehicle had consistent wins of the terrain challanging 4100 mile TransSyberia Rally,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsyberia_rally
... so a destination that has some good off road driving opportunities would also be important for some fun with that.
Which park should I visit today? Future days? Different seasons?
Should I buy a State or Federal Annual Park Pass?
Advice and fishing friends will be greatly appreciated!
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Advice request: Which one is best for me and which parks should top my list to visit?
Recommendations invited.
Now that I have a vehicle with excellent winter driving and off road capabilities and have freed myself up time from chores and maintenance of an older vehicle, today will be the first day of a lot of fun and adventure. I have lots of vacation time saved up to use productively at great destinations.
I enjoyed meeting our most active at our annual Willard Bay BFT Flotilla event. I paid $10 at the gate, but was very tempted to buy an annual pass for $75 instead. It would pay for itself in seven and a half uses. But, with just my older two wheel drive vehicle at that time, I couldn't trust it's reliability to be able to use the pass much and I certainly couldn't use it for most ice fishing destinations except on rare days of dry pavement, so that prompted me to add that to reasons to buy a vehicle that would allow me to enjoy ice fishing and surf fishing.
Great fishing destinations are of course a priority, but I want more!
In choosing a destination for today (suggestions for other days and seasons are invited, too), I notice the forecast is for 103° F (102 Sunday) and unhealthy air quality with ozone being high recently. That matters more, if I take my bicycle with me. I started to greatly increase my superpowers by bicycling, but was too busy for that for about two months. Now that I have much more time to ride, I should choose high altitude above the air pollution and with roads both good (smooth and safer traffic conditions) and popular (I do like to ride with groups or top racing teams) for bicycling.
I also enjoy hiking. I ran up Mt. Elbert. But, I'm not so much seeking an athletic event yet and more likely wanting to combine driving, bicycling or hiking with fishing and maybe car camping, so hiking would be to enjoy some fishing locations where hiking presents some great fishing locations.
I'm remembering all of the excellent photography and locations from older posts from TieDyeTwins (another reason we shouldn't delete our older archives as that would be a great loss and it's on my list to visit those locations). I'm using that now also to inspire some good choices for destinations and was just looking at some of his 3027 posts and lots of pictures with many worthy of being magazine covers.
A lessor version of my vehicle had consistent wins of the terrain challanging 4100 mile TransSyberia Rally,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsyberia_rally
... so a destination that has some good off road driving opportunities would also be important for some fun with that.
Which park should I visit today? Future days? Different seasons?
Should I buy a State or Federal Annual Park Pass?
Advice and fishing friends will be greatly appreciated!
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