Quote Originally Posted by aainslie View Post
As others have pointed out, we're an expensive group to service. looking to the long run, we as a group should be WILLING to pay extra, to remain an important group for the parks and to be influential in their decisions.
I don't really "want" the extra service the parks provide. Volunteers and the cave agencies provide the lines, benches, docks, etc etc. The park does not provide any services specifically for divers except for nanny state policing as far as I can tell.

I don't mean to come off as insulting to the park service and I am thankful for the access we have and the hard work people put into getting it, but I just want to pay my gate fee and be left alone to enjoy the park as I wish just like everyone else. I don't want a park ranger breathing down my neck because I said I would be out "around 3" and its 3:05 and I have not picked up my card. I don't want a park ranger enforcing rules against scooters or solo diving. I just want to be left alone, and I do not think I am alone in this.