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Chuck

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Camping Reservations
« on: March 15, 2016, 11:55:38 AM »

Hope everyone got there camping reservations in today.  2 hours i wasted at 7am trying to book a weekend at Alice Lake in May.  Finally booked it when i got to work at 10am  :o

What an absolute gong show!!

I wonder if people sell their spots??
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Robert_G

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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2016, 11:58:56 AM »

Prices went up at virtually every provincial park campsite this year.....again... ::)
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bigblockfox

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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2016, 12:13:29 PM »

i prefer places that dont take reservations. i guess for people with larger trailers or rv's its a must.
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Chuck

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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2016, 12:29:33 PM »

True.  Been promising my 5 year old we'd camp and fish at Alice though.  Counting down the years til we can do a hike in  :)
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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2016, 12:32:58 PM »

i am sure he will have a blast. prob lost of other kids there too.
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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2016, 01:52:06 PM »

Prices went up at virtually every provincial park campsite this year.....again... ::)

This absolutely infuriates me. 

Parks are for everyone. NOT just for the people who can afford to go to them! 

It's shameful, disgraceful and an injustice that families are literally being priced out of our Parks...we have tens of billions of dollars to build a dam, billions of dollars to build a bridge, subsidize hundreds of millions of dollars every to the oil and gas industry, yet we're being forced to pay more and more to use our Parks seemingly every year?  it is just sad...

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bigblockfox

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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2016, 02:09:03 PM »

if they are going to increase services and upkeep than i have no problem. if it just goes into general revenue well than thats bs.
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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2016, 06:26:35 PM »

All my camping spot issues went away when I got a ROOMY Suv.
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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2016, 06:30:02 PM »

True.  Been promising my 5 year old we'd camp and fish at Alice though.  Counting down the years til we can do a hike in  :)

There is a "private" campground on the other side of the highway (forgot the name) that always has space.  But you get a freight train going past in the middle of the night.
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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2016, 08:37:25 PM »

Paradise Valley across the highway from Alice is very good for kids.
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Chuck

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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2016, 10:28:41 AM »

Paradise Valley across the highway from Alice is very good for kids.

Thanks, I've not heard of this one!  Crazy the stuff you can miss that's right under your nose.
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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2016, 10:48:52 AM »

Good luck with the fishing - I have never found Alice Lake that good, either for fishing or camping - its crazy busy, party central and the sites have no real privacy.  I loved it in my 20s mind when I was one of those hoons! Nowadays I prefer a bit more authentic - did Birkenhead Lake with the kids last year, bit further but really, really nice. Thanks again to the posters on here who gave me some advice on where to fish.
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Chuck

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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2016, 01:23:58 PM »

Good luck with the fishing - I have never found Alice Lake that good, either for fishing or camping - its crazy busy, party central .

Cheers, looking forward to it now  ;) ;D
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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2016, 01:35:44 PM »

Cheers, looking forward to it now  ;) ;D

Okay, I feel like a bad guy now - congrats on even getting a reservation there! I'm probably just bitter about that. ;)
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Chuck

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Re: Camping Reservations
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2016, 02:11:26 PM »

Okay, I feel like a bad guy now - congrats on even getting a reservation there! I'm probably just bitter about that. ;)

All good, just teasing  ;D
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