I would never verbally abuse a trailside booth person, but every time I would see a person in a booth collecting trail fees I couldn't help but think that I now live in a socialist country and am watching a true socialist collect their own wages in the same manner as the beggar on the street corner (I'm sure there's a better way). I presently pay $80.00/yr for registration of my sleds and OHV's or $400.00 over the last five years, I was told the new registration program would fund trail improvements, grooming, and the like. I have yet to see a groomer on the 10 miles of whooped out rutted trail I ride 60 times a year getting to the backcountry. Simply more socialist agenda money sucking BS. This year it appears they may have dipped into those funds to purchase a gate set very low on a forest service access road whereby they recently locked me and hundreds of others out of some awesome springtime conditions because a fire last fall supposedly made conditions so hazardous they feel they now have to protect me from myself, lack of guardrail, and extreme geotechnical springtime hazards (Guess what, big snow year and not a single avy, big boulder, or landslide in the hazard zone all year) who would have thunk that could of happened:face-icon-small-sho. I hope some of you see a bang for your buck or trail fee, not seeing any benefit in my part of the world, just more lame big brother Forest Service generated propaganda keeping me from enjoying the sport I love and live for.
