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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.  It is WAY too expensive to travel to many US national parks.  Traveling in the US overall is extraordinarily expensive.  For many parks, lodging and food are limited. Businesses know that and therefore gauge the CRAP out of people traveling to national parks.  It's absurd having to pay $300+ per night for what is tantamount to 1 star lodging around many national parks. Then you have to pay $30 per plate of food at any restaurants in the area that serve garbage quality cuisine. I can't stand traveling in the USA anymore. Such a goddamn ripoff. [/quote]

Or you can camp, buy groceries to make sandwiches, etc. There are certainly cheaper ways to do it. [/quote]

[b]Camping still requires you to go out and spend $$$$ buying all of the stupid equipment[/b]. Many people don't own homes and Iive in apartments and have no where to store all of that junk. You can go out and rent it but it still costs $$$$.  It also sucks balls to poop in a bag and shower is absolutely filthy facilities that are barely cleaned.

Face it, traveling in the US blows.  I'd rather spend an extra $700 and fly into Japan than say Seattle to visit Olympic National Park, and then enjoy way, way wayyyy better food lodging and just as gorgeous outdoor scenery over in Japan given that the yen is now 160:1.  Much better than getting your behind reamed in the US for outrageous park fees, lodging, and food prices in the US.  Traveling in the US sucks because it is so insanely expensive. [/quote]
As many people have pointed out, you don't have to buy the equipment. But by all means, continue complaining about things you've never done and have no clue about. [/quote]

As was already stated in the same post, dimwit, renting all of that trash is still expensive.  Have fun sleeping outside when it is 90+ degrees and mosquitoes are everywhere.  Or getting caught in a huge downpour that makes your entire campsite a muddy mess.  Yeah, camping is oh so much fun for outrageous prices while having to gamble on the weather not ruining everything for you.

The fact that camping is even required to make traveling to national parks in the US affordable is a complete joke.  Way to miss the forest for the trees.

Yes, what a vacation when you have to go and [b]bring your own poop back with you:[/b]

https://www.nps.gov/articles/waste-management.htm

For the love of God, give me Japan any day of the week for almost the same price and 20x better food and accommodations. [/quote]

This is a deal breaker. I’m too old to carry poop around. [/quote]

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