National parks free Aug. 14-15

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National parks free Aug. 14-15


More than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees will be offering free admission the weekend of Aug. 14-15.

In addition, many national park concessionaires have special offers for the weekend with discounts and coupons for rooms, tours and products.

Parks participating in the free Aug. 14-15 weekend include Grand Canyon in Arizona, Yosemite in California, Rocky Mountain in Colorado, Volcanoes in Hawaii, Acadia in Maine, Glacier in Montana, Badlands in South Dakota, Arches, Bryce and Zion in Utah, Shenandoah in Virginia, Mount Rainier and Olympic in Washington, and Yellowstone, with entrances in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.



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I was at Arches and Canyonlands July 29 and 30.

I watch every penny, but the $10 admission is something you feel really good about. These treasures need to be preserved, and you just know the park rangers are passionate about what they do. Why would they lose 2 days of revenue (I am sure they have their reasons).

I went through the Holland Tunnel today on the way back from the Liberty Science Museum - went there for free courtesy of Bank Of America's Museums On Us program which gives access to loads of museums for free for BoA customers on the first full weekend of every month.

Paid $8 to sit in traffic for an hour in the worst traffic design I have ever seen - 3 lanes fan out to about 12 toll booths and then everyone has to come back together quickly to form 2 lanes to go through the tunnel under the Hudson. Horrible!