I wish every day on the Tonto was Tonto-Pass free! I'm a little confused here; the few times I've been in the TNF area I've seen signs saying they honor the inter-agency passes like the annual "America The Beautiful" national parks pass. That is the pass I've always hung from my mirror wh...

Nothing is free. If what you're saying is that you don't want to pay at the gate, then you need to be forthcoming enough to state that you would rather have either federal or state taxes high enough to charge everyone for forest maintenance, regardless of if the use it or not. Personally, I like the...

From the story, it sounds like it was BLM agents that moved in for the kill, not employees of a private company. Your tax dollars at work. Further proof that the government is not the answer.

The original story describes a bad situation: the company gets 14.9% of the fees ($0.60 per user), but $24 per citation. In other words, they have an incentive for the equipment not to work. Well that's easy enough to fix. Farm them out to separate contractors. This is like how Enron/Worldcom/Arthu...

I'm surprised there is no mention of equipment malfunctions. Several times the trialhead machine has refused to accept any of my currency (and I brought plenty of spare $ based on previous experience). Maybe it has improved, but I don't know how they can fine people if the lot is unattended and the...

davis2001r6: Regarding altimeters, ALL GPSRs have them. They calculate altitude using the same satellite signals that they use to calculate your position on the earth. SOME GPSRs also have barometic sensors on board that determine altitude based on air pressure as well. The barometric altimeters ar...

Along those same lines, here's a web page that compares a variety of NiMH batteries. The main difference is that it's geared towards digital cameras, which are extremely high drain compared to GPS units. In those conditions, Alkaline cells don't last anywhere near as long, but it appears from that o...

I'm actually in the east valley, so that would be kind of in the opposite direction from me. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to meet up near the trail though. I have a question though for anyone who's been there; what condition is the last part of the road? I see the description says it's about 2.5 mil...

I might be interested. Where are you planning on meeting up? Like at the Wendy's in Fountain Hills just off the 87, or somewhere else?