Free Weekends at national Parks this summer

[dkutz]

The Park Service is giving free entrance on three weekends this summer.  

http://www.denverpost.com/theeconomy/ci_12501467

Great idea, but it only covers entrance into the park, not camping fees.  And most CG are probably well booked up by now.

[GeneF]

It may or not be a great idea depending on your point of view.  

Quite frankly I am surprised that they can even think about losing a half-million dollars a day by doing this.  From what I learned, our National Parks are in one heck of a mess with not having the money to do maintenance, repairs and funding for enough staff.

The concept may be nice and I think it is great for families but again, can they really afford it?

As for the park concessions, does the park really benefit that much from them.  I understand that they are privately contracted and not all the money is headed to the park.

Sorry if I sound like a grinsh but since I have seen so many articles about the disrepair that our national parks are in, I can't see them giving up this money.