Why Washington State’s new Discover Pass system is bullshit
Do you want to go somewhere outdoors this Summer to hike or fish or camp? You better plan some pre-activity suffering on your computer. Why? Washington state, in an effort to prevent the closure of 100 of our 119 state parks, has implemented a new paid access plan for parks. For $30 a year (I’ll come back to this) or $10 daily per vehicle per visit. No problem. I usually donate about $55 a year to the state parks system (typically by way of $5 when I renew my vehicle tabs, and various small cash donations at parks). I love to donate to state parks because I love to visit them. I could almost go on forever about how important parks are, and how blessed Americans are to have such a diverse array of culturally and geographically significant regions to...
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Please check out my little sister Hannah’s new blog. Her blog is mostly photography focused, which is a good thing for you because her photos are beautiful! www.hannato.com
Review: Pat Rimmer Les Schwab Burlington, WA
I’m sad to report a terrible experience with a local small-business. Pat Rimmer Tires, a Les Schwab in Burlington, WA. They operate several Les Schwab tire franchises in the area, including Sedro-Wooley, etc. I had a tire problem on way way from Bellingham, WA to the Keystone ferry. I called ahead and asked Pat Rimmer Les Schwab in Burlington, WA if they could help. They said they could and I arrived, purchasing four new tires from them. Two if not three of the tires I had on the car when I arrived were still in excellent shape, and being that they were expensive performance tires I asked to have them (the three old tires) bagged and put into the back of my car. I was told by the attendant working on my car that he would do that for me. In my haste to make...